Finished it !!!

Well, it has taken me a little longer than anticipated. There were brocantes to attend on two days ( and buy from, omg, so many gorgeous new treasures ) and neighbours to feed ( we had friends over for dinner yesterday ), and there was a little sunshine to make the most of in the veggie patch. So I just didn't have time to do what I so wanted to do - get on with the fabric cuff, for which Sandy Babb from the beautiful Quill Cottage blog had written such a fantastic tutorial. If you have ever wanted to make a fabric cuff, go check out the tutorial, it really is absolutely fabulous. 

There were lots of things I needed for the cuff, which I didn't have with me here in France, like seed beads to make those beautiful leaves with, or a nice big rose, or the right kind of ink, or stamp, or embroidery thread, or velcro etc etc, so I had to improvise a bit. But I did it, I finished it this afternoon in my craftavan! I used some gorgeous antique French lace, seed pearls, Swarovski crystals, and a few petals from a flower garland in the cottage, a few little beads, a snippet of Battenburg tape lace, errm, what else? Can't remember. Just take a look at the pics,  lol -

This is what I had shown you in a previous post, the fabrics I used for the base, and the completed base -

And this is the embellished completed cuff -

I have tiny wrists, so it was a challenge to get lots of embellishments onto the cuff. There are a couple of things I would do differently the next time, but I am quite happy with the end result. I might just have to make another cuff, or two..........

Don't forget to hop over to Sandy's blog and check out the tutorial, it is incredibly detailed and just briliant. I would have never attempted a fabric cuff without her.

Toodlepip xxx