2006 July | With These Hands

I thought there was more than this!

It felt like I was sewing and sewing and sewing…
But 4 bags, a few wristlets, some make-up bags and I’m wondering why I feel so darned tired.
Eh.
Anyways, my new things:

materials used:

cotton
canvas
twill
poly blend
zippers
nickel magnetic snaps
plastic tortoise d-rings
grosgrain ribbon
wool felt
craft felt
dmc thread
nickel o-ring
buttons
nickel keyrings

July 24th, 2006 ★ No Comments »

I always wonder if our neighbors can hear my sewing machine at 1am.

I should be working right now, really.
Instead, I’m doing what I do best, procrastinating!
I do feel somewhat accomplished though, I completed 5 new bags, plus some makeup pouches and wristlets too.
And I cut out a bunch more this morning.

The fruits of said labor:

That one has a surprise inside.

A turtle surprise.
Mike gave me lots of funny looks when I was matching up fabrics. But I felt the paisley and the turtles just went together.
The serious grandma’s couchness of the paisley needs something fun to balance it out. Turtle love is perfect!
I seriously do love this.

And a matchy wristlet:

This purse has a functional mini pocket on both exterior sides.

Red.
This fabric I’ve been holding onto for a while.
I had used it to make a pencil skirt like almost a year ago?
The skirt came out fantastic and now I have a accessories to match.

Makeup pouches for good measure:

Finally, I scrounged up a bit more of this favorite fabric while going through my closet. Just enough to squeak out a medium sized summer tote.

Materials used:

cotton
canvas
twill
stretch cotton
craft felt
dmc embroidery thread
nickel magnetic snaps
interfacing
zippers
plastic tortoise D rings

July 16th, 2006 ★ No Comments »

Considering customer customs.

Seems my summer tote is a hit!
Yay!

Jodi’s co-worker has seen and loved the one I made for her, so she ordered one of her own. The fabric she choose looks so cute and really makes this tote a great transition piece between summer and fall. The burgundy lining choice worked well too. The color is rich and pretty.

For Mike’s cousin’s wife, (cousin-in-law?) Adrienne. She went with the adorable letter set. A is for Ava. A is for Awwwww.

And she also requested a summer tote. This one was done in the blue-green light patterned fabric from repro depot. And it too looks lovely. I put light blue inside and used coordinating buttons inside and outside.

And finally, I rec’vd a great order from Gunnar in Texas. He chose the summer tote to go with the other items he picked from my current inventory. This is for his friend Emily, her birthday is in August and she loves lilac and lavendar. And I love to oblige.

materials used:

cotton
interfacing
vintage glass buttons
plastic buttons
bamboo handles
felt
dmc embroidery
zippers

July 12th, 2006 ★ 3 Comments »

More for the fair.

I was actually productive last week. Yay!

To make my rounded corners, I use one of our large cereal bowls to make ‘em all even and nice. Works well.

Lots of love for these sweet totes. Hand embroidered felt hearts are on both sides of bags.

I feel like this fabric reminds me of pimentos olives. And then, martinis, of course.

Modified messenger. I tweaked this tutorial. I like how the gussets give it a sharp, box shape.

Last week we three went up to the civitan community flea market. I kinda still don’t know what civitan is, but the flea market was completely awesome and I really wanted to buy like everything. I settled on just a few items, including these wonderful vintage glass buttons.

More wooden handle purses for the summery summer. I use this great online supplier I found via ebay. They are reasonable, and they ship quick.

And finally, I did 2 more skirt to purse reconstructions. Found these cute skirts on ebay, on the cheap, of course. I wanted to do one with a pink lining, one with a black lining. And so I did.

The before please (there’s Matty’s head over to the right there, ha.)