Sushi bags, new designs

I've been hard at work this week creating some larger sushi pieces. This first bag was a comission from a friend, so it's not available from my shop. I used the opportunity to work on a new extra-colourful design for the interior, including salmon, red pepper, omlette and asparagus.

I used this new design on the first of my 'long roll' handbags, made from a barrell style handbag.

I've also had the opportunity to work on the design for my wasabi-sachet zip pulls. This is the new design (as featured on the long sushi roll above) based on the font of S&B wasabi paste.

 

As an experiment I also tried making an 'inside out' sushi roll bag (with rice on the outside and nori around the filling). This is the result, and it's also available from my shop.

 

The filling of this roll is the ultimate for fish lovers with tuna, hamachi, salmon and avocado. As you can see the zip pull for this is a soy sauce dropper. They're so fun to make, I know I won't be able to resist making anothe for the next bag!

As a sneak peak this is the inspiration for my next creation. Watch this space or more!

LL xxx











New from The Lucky Ladybird

I'm pleased to say my new sushi-based creations are now available to buy on my etsy shop. I have three cute sushi coin purses available, but for those who have been waiting for the handbags (as featured in my previous post sushi crafting - a retrospective) I will be working on a few over the next few days and will hopefully have some ready by next week.

 

More details at https://www.etsy.com/listing/109613520/cute-sushi-roll-coin-purse

 

 

Let me know what you think! Love and luck,

 

The Lucky Ladybird x x x

Sushi crafting - a retrospective

Once upon a time, in the distant land of Chester in 2007, I decided I wanted a handbag that looked like a sushi roll. This might have been a pretty wacky notion but sushi has been my favourite food since I was a teenager and I've always loved the cute and cuddly, so I thought it would make an awesome accessory. I scoured the internet, convinced that someone, somewhere, would be selling one, but to no avail. Nobody was making them, so I decided to make one myself. I went out and bought a second-hand barrel style handbag and covered it with fleece and felt so it looked like a sushi roll. This is how it looked when I was done.

 

I covered the zip with a felt version of a soy sauce dropper and it was done. It was a little rough and ready, but as a first try I think it worked out nicely.

At the time my husband was working in a little Japanese-themed gift shop called Tokyo Jazz Panda. TJP is now online-only, but at the time it was also a little shop. I went to visit my husband at work and the owner of TJP wanted to know where I got my sushi bag from. When I told him I'd made it myself he asked me if I'd consider making them for the shop. Within a few weeks I'd been given my own shelf in the shop and made lots of sales, of the handbags and also of some small badges, key rings and pin-cushions.

 

 

After we left Chester I continued to sell sushi bags on my etsy store but the return to education and then to full-time work meant I didn't have time to make my larger pieces any more.

 

Well the good news is I've started making sushi accessories again. I'm starting small with some sushi purses but I'm hoping to be making full-size maki roll handbags again in the next few weeks. Photos to follow soon, but keep an eye on my etsy store for more updates. 

 

Thanks for reading. If you're interested in any of the creations above or would like to commission something even weirder please let me know. Leave a comment or email me at luckyladybirdcraft@gmail.com.

 

Stay lucky! x x x