Did some sewing today! I feel like it’s been forever since I’ve done anything. I had looked through some old stitch magazines and one had a tote/shopping bag in it. I had some of this cute lemon fabric and happened to have a good matching yellow for the bias around the top. The little pouch is made like a travel tissue cover. Just with an extra tab and some hardware so you can clip it to a purse.
I have tried making bias binding before but the method I used before wasn’t great. I tried an new way that had me folding a square into triangles and then cutting strips. And that worked really well for this. And was a much easier way to make bias binding.
I made two giant pompons for my daughter. They are a sheddy fluffy mess. Lol next time i’ll use a less fluffy yarn. I lost my head and used Bernat blanket yarn and it’s just everywhere.
Good times, good times. She loves them tho, so it’s fine.
I’ve been working on a couple quilts, too. I finished up the tops and backs this week, but have to take a break before quilting to work on DS1’s birthday present.
I ran out of fabric! I had to use all my scraps from the top - and the top of another quilt - to get enough yardage for the back. This quilt was born from the fact that Jo-Ann’s had their fat quarters on sale for 99c, prints half off, and I had a coupon, too…no real plan other than buy all the pretty fabric.
I was fairly productive yesterday evening. I made this cute rain cloud purse that was in an old magazine. Yay for old magazines with cute stuff XD Most of the ones in our house has at least one thing we want to make. So maybe I will use them to find more projects to make.
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(Linda -2024 Choose Projects that You Want to Do :us:)
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Really cute and functional…love that the lining is a nice bright color!
I forgot who on here also mentioned that we all need to make at least one thing out of our books and magazines or else chuck them or give them away…I am guilty of buying them for a cute thing and never making it!
That is so cute! I find some of those magazine patterns a bit kitschy and sometimes cringey, but this is cool! Maybe I should try and make some of the early 80s magazine patterns with a modern eye and aim for rain cloud cool!
