You know how after you have a baby, you just can't stop staring at it? I've felt like that with everything I've made so far. The obsession just doesn't seem to be wearing off. In fact, it seems to be getting worse. I had a busy morning yesterday, felt not-so-great, and told myself to just take the day off from sewing. Yet I still had put together most of this bag by 9:00 pm. When I close my eyes at night it's like I'm flipping a Moda catalog open. I've begun dreaming of rulers and seam allowances. But I don't completely hate it.
I really should have written up a tutorial for this tote, but I was using a
pattern from
allpeoplequilt.com, so I thought it wouldn't be right. However, along the way, I changed a lot of things (5" squares instead of 3", quilted straps, pocket inside), that I might almost just call it my own.
This is by far my most well-finished project (aside from quilts) and I'm a pretty proud mama! I've been pondering over whether or not to start an etsy shop. I think I am a good candidate because I work really fast and I know I could keep an inventory stocked, but like I said, I can't bear to part with these things for now!
It goes with her cherry skirt from a couple of posts ago. My friend Wendy showed me a cool trick. I had been googling "Letter Appliques" with no luck, so she told me to just go into Microsoft Word, turn the font size up to about 400, choose your font, put it in outline mode (so you don't waste ink), and print on a peice of paper for an applique template. Great idea!
And I leave you with a picture of a cute baby sleeping:
I've had it done for nearly a week and I forgot to upload photos of the finished product. For the back, I used the fabric that Finn picked out, and, naturally, this is the side that he prefers. I only had 3 yards, so I had to get creative and sew borders on the side:
Okay, really I only have these two finished. But I love the fabric and I am making them for a super cool new project: napsacks! I thought about keeping this a secret until I finished it, but a) my fabric budget is shot for the time being, so it will probably be a couple of weeks until they are done, and b) nobody cares. Ha! We are going out of town at some point this summer and I thought the kids could sleep at their auntie's house in some handcrafted sleeping bags. I've got the pattern in my head, we will see how it comes out in real life!
This is by far my most well-finished project (aside from quilts) and I'm a pretty proud mama! I've been pondering over whether or not to start an etsy shop. I think I am a good candidate because I work really fast and I know I could keep an inventory stocked, but like I said, I can't bear to part with these things for now!
