Archive for the ‘sewing’ Category
I might be crazy, but since I have fallen deeply in love with my sewingmaching I have a feeling that I might start a quilt in 2008. I am not setting a startdate yet, but I am thinking about it all the time. I want a colorful quilt, and hopefully I’ll be done in time for fall 2008. Then I can snuggle up in my couch, underneath the quilt and be warm and toasty. I found out that the Sew, Mama, Sew blog has been blogging about quilting all month! So today, I am reading the post about different types of batting.
I got my Amazon.com package yesterday (this has been a great week mail-wise) and tore open the box in my hallway and just sat down in the hallway to start reading. I got four books, and I especially liked Bend-the-Rules Sewing: The Essential Guide to a Whole New Way to Sew by Amy Karol. I already know that I will be making alot of the projects in there. I also got Amy Butler’s In Stitches: More Than 25 Simple and Stylish Sewing Projects by Amy Butler, Sew U: The Built by Wendy Guide to Making Your Own Wardrobe by Wendy Mullin and Sew What! Skirts: 16 Simple Styles You Can Make with Fabulous Fabrics by Francesca DenHartog.
I need a new bookcase……
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I have been using this little stash and dash bag all week, made from Amy Butlers pattern. It keeps me organised, and the colors remind me of spring.
I think I blogged about my sewingmachine earlier this year. I am really surprised how well things I have tried to sew actually turn out. To the left is my “Piggy boxbag”, made after this pattern. I loved making it, and it didnt turn out that bad?
I have made a couple of boxbags now, in different sizes, and I feel that I am getting quite good at zippers, padding, cutting, you name it. I have more detailed pichures ofmy black boxbag here, as an RSS feed.
Boxbags are not the only thing I have sewn, I started looking around the net for stuff I could use myself, and found a great pattern for a rolled-up, crochethookcase on Planetjune.com. 
I have read so many great patterns this last week though, there are so many talented people out there who share their patterns. I truly appreciate this. So much work lies behind making these patterns, and I am enjoying both reading them and using them.
But back to the case, I like it! I used some strange fabric I had lying around, and I don’t find the result horrible. I really want to make this pattern in more vibrant colors though, and that is on my list of “craftythings to-do”.
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