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Sewing Stuff

I have not been knitting, as I was reading a book that I was reviewing. Now I am done with that, but I still didn't feel like knitting.  So I sewed, which is something that I have to do when I am in the mood for it. We should look at my fabric stash some day.

First, I made a phone case from pink cupcake fabric, after falling in love with one on Etsy, and getting a similar pattern from Etsy. I think the fabric came from Etsy, as well. Lined with hot pink felt. My pattern was for an iPhone, and I enlarged it, but it still came out a little short. My co-worker with a Blackberry now has a new case! At least it has a good home.

So yesterday, I decided to make another phone case. It is a little wide, but oh well. I also got tired of cupcakes after struggling with the first case.

This fabric is a souvenir from the quilt shop in St. Simons Island, GA, Stepping Stones. It is also lined with hot pink felt.

Today, I decided to sew a box bag that I had cut out a year ago. I have to be in the mood, remember? It was cut out, interfaced and the handle was sewed up and ready to go. It is a little wonky, but it is just for me.

Inside. OK does anyone else remember the song about the  monkeys jumping on the bed and suffering the consequences?

I have two seashell fabrics from St. Simons that want to be a box bag too. One day I will figure out the directions for how to get rid of the raw seams. I wasn't up to that. Was not up to serger today either, so I zigzagged them.

Maybe I will finish the foot of the second Christmas stocking. I have second stocking syndrome, LOL.

Decorated Dog

I saw dog collar covers last weekend. This is one of those things I can make, I thought. So I made Belvedere one for July 4th. I got it a little small, so I need to make another. This one might have to go to Punkin, but it is cute. Belvedere just had a bath before these shots.

 

 

Garden and New Sewing Project

I have been checking the tomatoes to make sure they are doing OK, as some of them were a bit peaked. I think they are all going to live. The Cherokee Purple that languished in the Aerogarden is now the best looking plant, and has fruit.

Also yesterday, I dragged out the t-shirts I have collected for a quilt. It was like going down memory lane to go through them. Some had spots, so I decided to wash them and try out the Oxi-Clean setting on the washer. I learned  not to use liquid HE detergent with powdered Oxi-Clean. "Sud" the display said, while the washer dealt with the extra suds, according to the manual. I ended up with 24 shirts. I bought several yards of 108" quilting backing fabric, and now must decide on the sashing fabric between the blocks. I have found support from Linda, who has made several t-shirt quilts.  I asked her if she would make me one, and she thought that I could do it myself. I imagine I can, with her advice. Anyway, here are  20 something shirts in the dryer.

Sew What

This is an Alexander Henry fabric named, "Sew Wow, Sew Now!" I may have them backwards. Anyway, I thought it was so cute with its sewing implements. Now what can I make-maybe I will attempt a box bag. Again.

Sewing Sleeve

I finally got around to sewing the sleeve for my Acer Aspire One. I plan to make a bag to carry it and my knitting. This is Valori Wells fabric, Kwik Sew 3355. (adapted for netbook size. The Acer is approx.  9")

Sweater and Sewing

I have gotten a laptop sleeve (KwikSew 3355, adapted)  cut out for the little pink thing, also known as the Acer Aspire One. I want to make a bag to carry it and my knitting. I haven't quite decided which pattern to use. These are all Valori Wells fabrics in the Olive Rose series. I have her messenger bag pattern. too. I plan to use her power cord bag pattern.

I have also worked on the Amused sweater. I am at the point on the body where the ribbing starts. I think I have the front panels crossed wrong-but I am not redoing it. (I went back and redid it after contemplation.)

Yet Another Sock and Bag

I tried yet again to make a shorter box bag. I think the secret is to sew the zipper in the short end, duh. I was inspired by Tonyia, after I found her blog with the easier squared corners technique. Anyway, this bag is rife with mistakes, but it matches my lnitting bag. The reason for the denim strip is that the zipper was already sewn in a leftover oiece from said bag. That is the beginning of Clessidra with the Knit Picks Gloss yarn.

I got some more fabric from a really neat place, the Fat Quarter Shop. It was packaged very nicely and arrived really fast. This is Moda Funky Monkey-it has sock monkeys! The fabric underneath is inspired by the song Five Little Monkeys (jumping on the bed) For the easily amused, I have embedded a YouTube video. My nephew, who is five, said he had never heard the song, and besides, he couldn't be a monkey because he had blonde hair.

Little Bag Sewn

I made the sock bag tonight in the cherry blossom fabric for the winner from my blog contest. I used a different pattern that made the square bottom easier for me. I lined it with solid pink fabric from stash. In knitting news, I went back to the second entrelac sock from the Annetrelac pattern in the holiday 2007 Interweave Knits.. I planted dill and green beans in my raised bed.

Apple Blossom, Box Bag

If I were in the ABC-along, I would have an A and  B. I have finally succeeded in making a box bag. I understand the prices I see on Etsy now. (I have so much fabric and sewing stash that I can't justify buying a bag.)  I studied every tutorial I could find on the Web. I sorta kinda followed a combination of Drago[Knit] Fly and Three Bears Little Boxy Pouch. ( I cannot find the link right now.) tutorials. My first one, now cut up for scraps, was long and skinny, as I put the zipper the wrong way. This one is still a little long, but it holds a center-wound 100g ball of sock yarn, which is what I wanted. The zipper pull is festooned with a charm thingie I got at the dollar store.

The sushi fabric came from Ebay. The zipper is a purse zipper from Zipper Stop.com The lining, with Asian characters, came  from Hancock. My hesitation in making one, was figuring out what to do about the raw seams showing in the lining. I bound the raw seams with bias tape.

Apple Blossom Amaryllis

Saturday Sewing

I sewed another sockie bag today, right before DH and I left for the theater to see the new Harry Potter movie. DH got a new electric chainsaw at Sears in the mall, too. I was so careful to get the kitty cats right side up with the zipper. Then I got the handle on the wrong end.. Oh well. This is a box bag from Simplicity 9949, and I think next time I will make a little bit larger bag. I got 9 purse  zippers from Zipperstop.com.  When we got home, the CueCat scanner from Library Thing was here. It doesn't read like the Symbol scanners I'm used to in the library. DH has been on a quest to find and add books no one else has. There are a lot of Star Trek fans on LT, apparently. One book on Ancient Rome he got today was not found on Amazon or Library of Congress.

We got home around sunset