And now the happy sewing news: Finished the purse for Keely yesterday, filled it with trinkets and goodies a 3-year-old might like, and got it sent off. Here it is, pink side out, k for Keely...
...and aqua-side out; her nickname is Keelybean, hence the shape of the applique.
It's pretty much like all the bags out there in Internet-land -- pouch, flap and strap. Except that instead of doing the extra step of sewing a "box seam" (or whatever it's called) in the bottom corners, I just fold them a certain way before sewing the side seams and it makes a quick little corner. It's not as tailored-looking as the box corners, but I think it suits these little bags just fine.
Between these purses (and their 1/2" straps) and the aprons (and their 1/2" straps) I've been making, I'm really glad I found a shortcut for making 1/2" straps. A friend lent me her bias tape maker, but it wasn't working as slick as I would've liked, so I went online to see if I was missing something and found this instead, how to make your own "low-tech" bias-tape-maker for people who don't have a "real" bias-tape-maker. Very slick. And cheap. My kinda tip. Thanks, Autum!
P.S. Finished up Sera's Soft Toys too, including a Kangaroo, but didn't take the time to snap a photo of it before boxing it up and sending it off to it adorable recipient. Instead here's the kangaroo for Natalie...
Still needs a little work, eh? And now, I should probably go nap!
ugh! The GI flu is wrong...just plain wrong!
ReplyDelete(cute crafts by the way) :-)
I love the bag! My name starts with a "J" and they call me Jen Joe. I am not sure what you can do with that name??? :) Oh yeah...my favorite color is pink!
ReplyDeleteThe flu makes me want to force my family to be hermits for a few months. We run from kids that are coughing. I didn't even let our neightbor boy (who we love) inside our house the other day because of the sound of his cough. This is a NO SICK ZONE!
I cringe at putting my kids in their Sunday School classes. I know that they are filled with GERMS. (I even spray our shopping carts down with Germ-X!!! Then...we wash our hands when we get into the van.) Did you know that the flu virus can live on a surface for several days??? I fight the flu bugs like we are in a war.
Hello Karin! Those are really, really pretty bags! Love that aqua fabric especially. And also the makeover of the blog. AND the pyramid softies! Argh! I have to try them out sometime, although I don't think I'll be able to come up with cute and clever animals like you did. Thanks so much for visiting and leaving such fab comments! I appreciate them - especially after being out of internet access for a whole day and then some, and I finally get to log in again and there you are! I hope you feel better soon. Getting sick anytime is vile, and sick in the winter is vile-er and sick just before Christmas is, well, plain stinky.
ReplyDeleteI was born in Singapore too, to answer your question - grew up there and went to school there. How fun that you were born there as well - what are the odds, for a tiny dot on the map?
Jen Joe - Are you putting in an order? : )
ReplyDeleteLiEr - Thanks! I lucked out recently and found a bunch of cute fabric remnants for cheap. I'm trying to build up my stash a bit because I do WAY better just "shopping my house" when I want to make something rather than purposefully buying the supplies. Being in the fabric store can be overwhelming -- i think because there are just TOO many options. And I stink at making decisions!