mushroom pouch

Here's a pouch to house all those mushrooms...

I'm cheating here a little.. i just put the toadstool fabric on top.

I think a smaller size will be suitable for the mushroom match up game.

?this week, we met up with a friend and her dogs. found the perfect clearing for a picnic.

and the walk back.

the kids had fun picking cucumbers. it's bigger than her head and she ate the whole thing!

Himself can always be found watering or eating the produce.


Yesterday, I went on a sewing rampage and sewed up 3 outfits for a new Waldorf doll I bought for Neve's bday. more on that next post. I'm glad I did it, as I dislocated my shoulder this evening and had to go to hospital to get it put back in. It's an old injury from high school, but the last time it came out was 7 years ago. yep, it still hurts when it happens. It only came half way out, so it was awkwardly parallel to the ground. my left arm is hurting from holding up the right. yes, the right. I'm right handed. But I can still hand sew with my arm close to my side. The kids are going to day camp so I should be able to rest a few hours a day. wish me luck.

ciao,
Amanda

Red denim bag

Here's the red bag that made everything else wait. it had to be done.

Red denim. I was so excited when I saw it. Bought some, threw it in the basement for future washing, then forgot about it.

Rediscovered it, washed it and made this darlin'. The inside birdie fabric also had to come home with me when I saw it, even though i didn't know what life it would take.

Yep, the bag was born. My 2nd attempt at this pattern. (the 1st is the green one a few posts below) and I have to say that it is that much better. Now I only have to figure out a more polished way to trim the inside of the hole of the handle. Not so sure about the binding thing.

Stay tuned tomorrow for a Friday Finds post. On Saturday of course.

cheers,
Amanda

A new bag

A friend of mine came to me with some beautiful fabric, pins, thread, snaps and an old well loved purse that she wanted made.
I accepted the challenge and sewed up this baby

Love the fabric she chose for the lining. Peek a boo.

Here it is in close range. adorable.
And the inside has a zippered pocket and a few pockets on the other side. One with a pleat.

What was that inside? A little zippy wallet. (pattern./tutorial on Noodlehead.

And here is the whole ensemble with a key thing.

And while I'm wearing my thrifted, happy, wool sweater, here's what one of the monkey heads made it into.


Off to make some more tea pot cozies.

l8r,
Amanda

sewing for me!

It must be an annual thing. When looking for this post,
I saw that it was March 10. Almost a year ago. To the day.

Last night, in denial of more snow, I decided I wanted something new to wear. At 8:30 at night, the easiest thing to do was to make something. :} I had this fabric for a few years with this top in mind. So it happened. And no problems.

I love making plackets. Not hard at all. I did make the red/blue/flower one I spoke of last year. With lots of tribulations. So this time, I folded the pattern pieces a little smaller. Did the trick. It's still a little tenty to me, but it's just helping to hide the new body I'm sculpting at the gym in time for a late spring reveal! BWAHAHAHA. And I had meant to make it a little longer. Alas, distractions while cutting nixed that one. As such, I didn't bother to hem it. Just a serge. Oh, and I made the placket much shorter. The previous one, I had to sew it together. This time, it's just right.

There's movie snow out there. With the forecast calling for 8 degrees tomorrow, I don't think it will last. oh well.
Time for spring.

Have a good one,
Amanda

lunch bag? Wine bag?

Neve got a wonderful owl backpack for Christmas. So I felt she needed a wonderful lunch sack to go with it. As I was blurfing (blog surfing, it is a word isn't it?) i came across a lunch bag that had this same kind of closure on it.

So that's what I wanted to focus on. Unfortunately, I can't find the site anywhere. The person who made the bag from a pattern she found from someone else in oranges made it for her daughter and decided to keep it for herself. Anyone come across it in your travels? I want to give credit and have another look. Maybe order the pattern myself?

Because as you can see, I didn't quite make a good choice on the dimensions. lol

I was having fun making it, so I continued ahead anyway. Even serging the insides.


Yep, not sure what it's function will be. but it sure looks purdy!

thanks for looking,
Amanda

more remakes

A friend of mine gave me some of her fabric stash to make some crayon wallets. I believe the felt is actually wool felt. not a wool blend like I use. it is so heavenly. i think i may be converted in my next felt purchase. like buttah...
And the print. oh gosh, how adorable is that? sorry, don't know what it is.

I bought the pattern for the Crayon Wallet from Jcasa

So I just HAD to make a little zippy wallet with the leftovers. (sorry for the fuzzy photos, didn't realize they were until now and the wallets are gone)

SOme cupcake fabric from Joann's. Zippy wallet tutorial can be found over at Noodlehead. it's so easy to make.
I can do them in my sleep now. and it's where I learned to do zippers.


another shot of the crayon wallets and zippy wallet.

who wants to trade??

I feel like getting some hand made "ME" mail. Who wants to trade me something for these snack sacks?


Plus a much larger one for picking up a few fruits and veg on the way home...


A variety of sizes


You can tie this one on the top as a bag or tie it all the way down to keep the vittles snug and in the bag.


How purdy would this look at your picnic?


And here they are all, nice and folded.


What do you have to do to get it? Send me a photo of something that you made, that you think I would like. If I do, I'll trade. I will ship internationally if you will. If I get 2 takers, I'll make up another batch. I will post when it has been filled.

thanks, have a good one,
Amanda

creature purses

Last night, I was a sewing machine.... whhhrrrrrr
He's my favorite.

This idea has been in my head for a few days. I wish I could have done it with beautiful wool felt, but the fleece will so for now.

This was my 1st one. I tweaked the others a little by using only my circle and oval die cut shapes with my cuttle bug. It makes a clean edge.

good luck purse.

happy happy


Have a good one,
Amanda

Pink and orange dress

My model is not feeling so model-y this morning! So this is what you get...

A cute little number with shirring at the top and in the middle. My top shirring elastic on a regular thread spool (in the thread section) was not as tight as the middle elastic from a different section. I had to cut the top and still have to shape it a bit.

I'm just glad that DH was able to fix my bobbin problems a month ago. saved me $90. I was to scared to try shirring when I was under the "get it all sewn for the fun fair" time crunch. But now, if I bust a bobbin, I have the time to get it fixed. And it didn't bust.

Here's a picture for nanny. Rafael has his first loose tooth! We get several reports daily and he now only eats apples if you cut them up for him. We found his tooth fairy bag that he sewed last year. Much excitement.


One more thing, i got a blog award the other day from Two Little Seeds. Thanks for the award! I'm going to play along later. Have to wait for DH to help me figure out a few things in transferring buttons from another blog. Go check it out.

thanks for looking,
Amanda

sewing, felting and WIP

Hi All,
steady go here...
One apron of a few that need to be made for teacher gifts. I gave bags last year, so aprons this year. this one if from Weekend Sewing, Heather Ross.

The waistband is folded over. I like this pattern. It's easy, but takes a fair bit of fabric.

A little needle felting. Ladybug, mushroom necklace, half finished bee ( DS lost the 1st one) and a half finished hedgehog in the back.


Mama decided to work in the garden today,


I love the little bun in her hair. She needs an apron and more hair on the front. Whenever.....


Thanks for looking,
Amanda

ruffle clutch

Here's the clutch that's been in my head. I happy with it, I have many more ideas to alter it a little here and there. So more to come.


Easy to make. I've been losing my little cork clutch from Portugal far too many times. I figure, if I use this clutch with a place to hook on my keys, I'm sure to have it with me..... yes? no?

With a matching clip of course... to come.

Peek a boo zipper. Had fun letting the kids find the zipper.

And here is the back. I had planned to line the clutch with the skull fabric, but couldn't figure out how to do it at time of sewing. I also measured the back piece incorrectly, so I added a new strip with the contrasting fabric as if I had meant it to be that way. of course. As I always say, "There are no mistakes, just opportunities for embellishment."


I think this design is all my own. (as in, it popped in my head while I wasn't looking at other people's work) I'm sure there are similar ones to it. But this is a base for many variances. Think I'll go play with that now...
thanks for looking,
Amanda