Sewing machine cover complete!

This has been a dragging project for me, not because I didn't like making it (I quite enjoyed myself actually) but because it was sewn a seam here a seam there for WEEKS!! Ugh, I could have finished it in an afternoon, but I rarely get more than 15 isolated minutes to myself (I blame the butterball sleeping right now) but it's not just her- I have the cat and dog to blame too, I still have to shower them with love lest they think I've forgotten about them. Whatever, here's what you care about:

I'm so happy with how it turned out!! I really enjoyed the paper pieces portions too, I see more of that in my future I think!  But alas, this cover is not perfect. For one thing I screwed up my measurements (or ignored the bias completely… probably both). For I  a lazy sewer, often neglecting my iron and trying to cut shapes with out patterns… oh well. 

Anything I would do different? Remember I bought a paper pattern for this years ago and use that instead of winging it.

See that? Not long enough.

Same deal here, but I also sewed the extender I made to the wrong side… and didn't fix it. It's on the lining and really, no ones looking but me. It would have been a different story if this was a gift but it isn't so I don't care. I'm just happy it's finished!

And since we all love a good photo of others craft space, here's a few shots of my miserable excuse for a sewing station:

We moved in November, but I'm still unpacking. I mostly just don't know where all that crap is going to go. I do have some plans… perhaps if my scheming comes to pass I will update you in the future?

What do you think? Ever have projects turn out different than you plan but you still love them?

Finished!

I figured it out! The week break did me well! I finished this sucka last thursday, but I figured better than late than never:

Yup, I resorted to good ol' fashioned hand sewing! Who does that? Me. When I just can't take it anymore!

Here she is finished, beautiful and lovely. But I don't think I will be making this version again anytime soon.

 

And the inside of course, a beautiful shade of gray!

Sunday Funday... sort of.

Well, it started well enough, but I quickly found that putting the finishing touches on my purse was going to be difficult. Notice it's monday now? Yeah, I worked for a good 3 hours yesterday before heading over to my padres for dinner and the Oscars and still didn't finish.

 

I've used this pattern before, and opted for a different version this time (I went for the upper right as circled in red above.)

 

I started this purse last weekend as a leisurely pursuit, and it's turning into a ball of stress I want to hurl out the window! For starters, it's very difficult to find fold-over braid, because they don't sell it like that and it goes by names like "poly fold over" and what have you.  So after deciding to buy regular braid and iron a fold in my self I discovered that the gusset whats noting to do with it. (joy)

 

 Oy vey, I'm taking a break for the rest of the week from it and will resume work after my birthday next monday! Hopefully I will have an epiphany before then and it will be a slice of cake! Until then I guess I will continue to work on projects to sell in my shop...

Sunday Funday!

At least I hope! Heading out in a bit for a craft brunch with my friends! (Which has taken years of forcing crafts onto them)

Anyhoo, the other day I was hit with inspiration while combing over Etsy and my own lack of planner organization, so I drafted my own pattern and then whipped up one myself! (With questionable success) Take a look if you would:

 

 

So it's a bit bulky, due to the lack of interfacing/ stabilizer, also I didn't account for enough ease (sheeze!) and lastly, sine I made it from scraps not all pieces were the size they needed to be and thus I have some wee-bitty holes in there somewhere.

But wait, there's more!

 

Yup, that purple whatever it is (and it is made from I don't know what) bunched like crazy! Even when there were other fabrics to help it out, it wanted nothing to do with the project. Well whatever, prototype mostly a success as long as I remember not to buy more of that funk.

I am proud of that zipper action though. I though zippers and I were friends, but I learned the hard way that apparently we are not. Still, as hard as putting in a curved zipper is, it does not compare with trying to put bias-tape on top of it to hide my seams. Definitely a mess, but no one wants to see that do they? :)

(P.S.: did anyone notice that the pocket on the right doesn't match? yeah, it's totally inside out! whoops!)

Happy Sunday everyone!