DIY Roll-up Felt Pencil Case

Assalamu Alaikum everyone!

It's Hanifah here and today I'm going to be showing you how to make this roll-up felt pencil case. This craft is relatively simple and would make a nice travel-sized gift for any artist.

For this project you will need:-

Felt

Fabric scissors

A button

A needle

Ribbon or embroidery thread

A ruler

A pen

First you will need to line up your pencils and evenly space them out. This is to measure out how much felt you will need.

Cut your felt to the required size. For 18 pencils I needed a rectangle of 15cm by 8cm.

Lay your pencils out again if needed to see where to mark your slits.

I marked mine like this:

Down: dots at (1) (1.5) (3) (3.5) (5) (5.5) (7) and (7.5).

Across: 18 evenly spaced half-inch lines from each dot. The photos should explain better, insha'Allah.

Next you will need to cut the slits.

Fit the pencils into place and roll up the felt.

Attach the button to one end of the felt.

Leave the thread or ribbon attached and remove the needle. Now wrap it around the pencil case and secure it around the button. Then you're done!

I hope that you enjoyed this post and that you try to recreate this craft sometime, insha'Allah. Until next week!

Wassalam,

Hanifah

The Best Oat Biscuits (Hobnobs) Recipe!

Assalamu Alaikum everyone!

This week we are going to be sharing with you this delicious hobnobs recipe. Out of all the oat biscuits we have made these are our absolute favourite. They are also very easy to make; so let's begin!

Ingredients (for 20 biscuits):-

140g butter (10 tbs)

140g sugar (¾ cup)

1 tbs milk

1 tsp golden syrup

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

140g self-raising flour (1 cup)
110g rolled oats (1⅓ cup)


In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.

Then beat in the milk, golden syrup and baking soda.

Stir in the flour and rolled oats and mix until combined.

Preheat your oven to 150 degrees Celsius, 300 degrees Fahrenheit, Gas Mark 2.

Line a couple of baking trays with baking sheets.

Shape into 20 equal sized balls; place 2 inches apart and flatten slightly.

Bake on a middle shelf for 25 minutes until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.

Best served warm with a cup of tea! Store in an airtight container.

Would make a lovely gift too!

Enjoy!

Love and Wassalam,

Maryam's Holiday Journal

Assalamu Alaykum!

Maryam here. Today I would like to share with you my Summer 2017 holiday journal which I made a while ago. I'll also show some pictures to give you a basic idea of how I made it. So here it is; I hope you enjoy!

Here is the cover; a simple collage in brown and green. You can see how I designed it here on our old blog.

I used some of the original pages of the book and some other cards, papers and envelopes, which I folded in half.

I covered the inside of the book with brown paper and I added pockets to the front and back by gluing the sides and bottoms. This way you can tuck pieces of paper or anything you like into them.

I covered the spine and the middle of the book with some decorative tape which I thought suited the colour scheme.

Then I went ahead and bound the folded pages with some strong thread. You can see the process of binding a journal here.

I checked to make sure that the pages where sewn in tightly.

Using scraps of card, I stapled tabs onto the ends of some of the pages.

Here is the final result. I am very happy with the way it turned out, masha'Allah.

See you next Friday insha'Allah!

Wassalam,

Maryam