Dog lover

 I love seeing my designs printed onto fabric. I designed this collection of doggy prints, called Furry Friends, for Makower UK a while ago and love its bright colour palette and cute dog breeds. I've included a design that has a selection of doggy items as well as a multi colour paw print. I'm loving the sausage dog print where each dog has a party hat or balloon. A great gift for a sausage dog lover.

Sausage dogs

Each item in my Cheeky Leopard shop has been hand made by me and I love the whole creative process from start to finish. I start with the fun part of choosing the fabrics and finding the perfect lining to match it. Each piece is cut out using pattern templates and then I assemble them on the sewing machine.

Even the cutting of the fabric is a satisfying process for me and I love the sound of scissors cutting through the fabric - see above. This sausage dog fabric has been really popular, but I still hate cutting through the dogs! 

For the cosmetic bag below, I use a fleece between the outer fabric and lining to give it some padding. I machine sew this onto the outer fabric, as you can see above.

Each cosmetic bag is fully lined and has a fitted zipper that has been carefully sewn into the bag. In this case I used a black zipper to match the dogs and the black and white lining.

This sausage dog purse is perfect for storing makeup and toiletries in and is machine washable.

It could also be used as a travel bag or as a handbag organiser to keep small items together in your handbag.

There are quite a few sausage dog items in my store and they make great gift sets for that dachshund lover in your life, like this matching coin purse.

Shop Sausage Dogs 

Sausages!

It appears that sausage dogs come in all shapes and sizes at Cheeky Leopard! I love this cute sketched dachshund design and the yellow is such a happy colour. I've made it up into lots of fun items for my store including a coin purse, card case, glasses case and tissue holder. Each item has a contrasting black and white polka dot lining. You can find them in my store here.

The coin purse is great for small change or can be used to store headphones.

Use the card case for travel cards, business cards or credit cards.

The glasses case is big enough to fit a large pair of sunnies.

The tissue holder is nice and bright and easy to find in your handbag.

Pink sausages

I've been busy with the sausage dog fabric again! This time it's a pink dachshund fabric and I've rustled up a little sausage selection to choose from, which you can see below.

The cosmetic bag is a great size for storing makeup or gadgets

and has a fun pink and white spotty lining.

The coin purse is very cute and is big enough for small change or for storing headphones in.

The tissue holder comes filled with tissues and is a fun way to protect tissues in your bag. 

The bright colour also makes it easy to find!

The card case also has the fun pink and white spotty lining

and can be used for business cards, travels cards or credit cards.

If pink is just a bit too much for you, I also have these two cosmetic bags that come in two colours with either a cream background or a blue background. A fun gift for any dachshund-lover!

Darling dachshunds

At the weekend I had a bit of a sort out of my fabric stash and rediscovered this fab dachshund fabric. I got a bit busy and ended up with a tote, iPad sleeve and glasses case combo!

You can find them in my store here.

PS The Cheeky Leopard sale is still on!