Full contact bag-making
My helper stole my pieces, and is instructing me in the finer points of bag design.
Hideousness.
ugliest thing EVER, right? (my little pattern-maker-in-training is helping me take notes….) but see the side, it’s gonna fold and snap at the top because of that seam and the front has these 2 pleats…. so, now, I’m going to add a little more width to the pattern, and then, pretty soon, I’ll have a […]
cutie patootie baby pants
2 families at D’s school have new baby girls (one this past weekend, one 2 weeks ago), so I made some play pants for them today. I didn’t have quite enough of the bubble fabric, so I added a contrast waistband, and then, just for fun, I sewed on buttons (VERY strongly, to prevent a […]
Jamie’s project bags…
Jamie, of Bricolage and Butter, went on the guild retreat, and showed us how to make these super fast, easy, cleanly-finished, all-around-awesome project bags…. So I came home and made a few more…. easy, from fat quarters, one for the boy, with outer space, and one for me, for my knitting… which is thanks to […]