Adrian is starting to call me the bag lady, am becoming a bit obsessed with making them.
Here is another one out of the same fabric as the last one, a little zippered tote. It measures 26x26x6cm deep.
I want to come up with some great designs so I can start selling them to make some money to fund my 'habit' :)
Watch this space for my new business.....
Now I have a question, does anyone know how to put lining in when you have a zip? Is the only way to handstitch it? For the life of me I can not work it out.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
And another one...
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Another bag
The button and loop detail
A skirt for Zoe
Busy Busy
Anyway, here is a little 'purse' I have made out of a bit of pink felt, very easy to put together and great to do whilst sitting in front of the telly.
It measures 8cm x 7.5cm finished, a perfect place to keep your 'girlie' things :)
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
A little pin cushion
Now that I have been ordered to laze about due to my broken tailbone and extremly sore back I get to make these cute little cushions....there has to be something good coming out of this, sitting in front of the telly and embroidering, what could be better? Maybe sitting in front of the telly embroidering without a sore butt! lol
Had so much fun making this, and of course because it had pink on it Zoe thought it was for her, she thought it was a pillow for her little baby, maybe the next one can be for that, I am not giving this one up!
Friday, February 8, 2008
My toothless terror
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Shorts for Zo
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
My next project
I got them from here http://www.montessoribyhand.net/patterns.html
uh oh
There goes my pact, I promised myself I wouldn't buy anymore fabric until I used up all that I have, and then silly me goes to Spotlight 'just because I was driving past' and ended up coming home with this stash!
Everything was either $5 or $8 per metre, who could resist? I could have bought more except Zoe decided to turn into a brat and I couldn't look properly which was a bugger as there was so much nice stuff.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
I've got a sewing room!
I moved all my gear into the new room today, lots still to do, like painting, but I was too impatient to wait for that, around here things don't happen too quickly.
This is our old tv cabinet from upstairs, it usually has doors on it, but I think I might leave them off, I like to see all my stuff and I figure I might keep it tidier if I have to look at it all the time.
All my things used to be in the linen cupboard, so not only do I get a sewing room, I get my linen cupboard back :) Oh the painting is a work in progress, no where near finished, oneday I will get to that.
My sewing table, the corner will eventually have some shelving, and I will get a wall storage system from Ikea to go across the wall to put all my bits and bobs in.
I've also got a cutting table coming and will eventually get a sofa bed so it can be used as a spare room too.
Think I better start selling some of my stuff so I can pay the room off!
A very productive Friday night
Jack & Zoe fell asleep early and Adrian went out for a band jam, which left me lots of time to sew!
I made 3 cute little singlets for Zo, she loves them and can't decide which one to wear today and I made 3 of the little boxy pouches, the tutorial is here http://threebears.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/little-boxy-pouch-tutorial/
I think I could get addicted to making these, so easy and quick. I've found the stiffer the fabric the better they turn out, I made a couple more but seem far to floppy.