D and I stopped by the new Daiso Japan store in Torrance last week. they have cute little metal clasp frames for $1.50, so I bought one and tried it out.
image

I suck at glueing.

image

and next time I’ll make my own shape (less pear-y), but this time I followed the pattern that comes with the clasp. (Or, rather, I followed the pattern piece and illustrations. the instructions were written in Japanese, so they didn’t help me much)

image

but it came out cute, and the Bean was pleased.

Since I had that linen out…. I decided to try tiny hexies…

image

I printed out a sheet of 1/4″ hexies (man, there sure are a lot on 1 page! I cut about 40, and used 7)

here’s my late night basting…

image

I used a blanket stitch to applique them onto a scrap of linen, and made a zip pouch from it. came out pretty cute, if I do say so myself!

image

I’ve been able to get a lot done these days (even though I’m not posting much. Everything is for Fall Market, and therefore hush hush), because my little dude spends a lot of time like this:

image