January’s One Hour Craft Challenge!

Hello, happy crafters, January’s Craft Challenge is a little late! Sorry, what with moving address it has taken longer than I had hoped to make a start! Well, after consultation with several readers, we have decided that the Challenge will be to make a tote bag. By a tote bag we mean something a little bigger than an ordinary handbag. I am so excited. I love making bags and am just in the mood for a new bag for the new year…..

Also we have something else we are so pleased to announce….

Our Inaugural One Hour Craft swap…

So, if you would like to enter this month’s challenge get to it and make a tote bag, then load up your photo to our flickr group!

This month you can also enter your creation into our Bag Swap! I am making a limit of 100 people in this swap. So please let your friends know!
If you are new to swaps, here is how it works: 100 people enter their names. We randomly pair people from all over the world. We then let you contact each other and let each other now your mailing address. Then you make a bag (a tote) and send it to your partner by the date outlined. Please please please only enter if you are genuine. Make contact with your partner and make sure that you are both sending out your items on the same day. Please don’t hold us responsable for the other person being unreliable (although on the Net, I have found that people who bother to enter swaps are usually really reliable and some of the gifts I have received have been awesome…

The swap is open to anyone who can sew a fairly decent tote bag…Please be willing to ship overseas when you sign up… You can ask your partner about their tastes and colours they prefer if you choose…
Want to join? Here’s what to do (it’s really important that you follow the instructions to be included).

1. Send me an e-mail at mariabinns@hotmail.com
2. Please type One Hour Craft Bag Swap in the subject line
3. In the email include your name
4. We will leave the address swapping to you and your partner

Please ship your packages by 10 February. I think one month is a good amount of time.

We will take names until next Monday morning. We will then send out the swap names and email addresses the following week. Then it is up to you..

Please check back here for more details. Please pass the word on on your blog or by email to your mates.

This will be so much fun!!!

OneHourCraft Team

PS Check back here in the next few days for masses of links to great bag tutorials!

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