Showing posts with label totebag. Show all posts
Showing posts with label totebag. Show all posts

Monday, September 17, 2007

Weekend Sewing

I didn't do much this weekend but play around in my sewing room, which is unusual. My weekends are usually filled with shopping, running errands or going to some kind of function and nothing crafty gets done. I use to love cooking and usually dreaming up some kind of menu for Saturday and Sunday, but lately I haven't been interested in cooking or grocery shopping -- eating, yes! I just don't want to be the one to deal with it, attending Weight Watcher meetings is partly to blame.

Anyway a few projects done and out of the way. A basket purse, directions from U-handblog. Her directions are very easy -- I love my new purse!

Next up is a pocket apron, this one is a little different from the others I've made. I usually like to be covered when cooking or at work (fear I might get child's paint all over me). I thought this one might be handy when I'm sewing or doing odd jobs around the house, or even at work to carry pen & notepad, stickers, cell phone, etc. I usually see the Kindergarten teachers wear these type of aprons. I've been going through my scrap mountain and found Autumn left over fabrics. I love the colors and happy to use what I already have. Oh, I also whipped up a tea cosy, which we needed to replace the old one in a bad way! Yep, it was a pretty productive weekend.

Monday, September 10, 2007

Finished!

It's a litte bigger than I expected, but I guess it can be a great shopping tote, or a nice bag to take to work and fill with items that I need as I rush off to work. I decided that the ribbon tie didn't look right and I omitted it.



Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Time to Sew

Well, not really. I was able to sew a little bit on my totebag today. I want to finish it and use it as my "new purse". Well, there was a small detail that I thought I had in my stash of goodies, that I really wanted to include. I could have omitted it, but I wanted that little ribbon tie to finish it off. So I can wait until tomorrow and run to the fabric store and buy ribbon, or pick up some ribbon at work, where we have alot of craft supplies that I can use. Instead I have a pattern traced for Amy Butler's Cabo halter top, which I would like to wear before summer is over. I have three yards of blue and white Hawaiian fabric that I think would be perfect. So today I have been busy cutting pattern pieces instead. I haven't sewed garments in a long time, mostly crafts and home dec stuff. This is a great pattern to ease back into sewing for myself, plus this looks like a fun project, and very easy.

I'm back cross-stitching

  Well, not yet, but real soon because my daughter found a Halloween cross-stitch booklet that I thought I lost forever. So my plans are to ...