Sew Terrific

As I mentioned yesterday, the sewing has been prolific since I’ve been home. It partially started with a trip to a super cute quilt shop in Arizona where I found this Amy Butler Kimberly pattern and some clearance fabric.  I’m pretty happy with the bag but it’s really just too big for me.  I’m a die hard small purse girl so I think this might find a new home with the baby sister.  You know, she has a pretty good gig that one!  I seem to remember I did have one little issue with understanding part of the pattern, but of course I didn’t write down what that was.  Whatever it was I’m sure it was user error.

Then I decided to make something for my mother in law for Mother’s day.  I decided on a storage type thing from Simplicity 3776.  It was very easy and straightforward up until the time I had to sew on the bottom.  That was no fun at all!   For some reason I seem to have trouble with my linings being a bit off which results in the exterior wanting to bunch a bit at the final inch or so of sewing…so it took a few tries to get in finished but overall I’m happy with the result.

She also got a little lined makeup bag and crocheted hot pad from the sample of Falkland I spun and Navajo plied.  I knew there was something I could do with that small amount of yarn!

Next I moved on to an apron, McCall’s 5643 view C.  I’m not sure what it is but there seems to be a lot of interest in retro style aprons right now.  I ran into this author on Twitter who has a whole book of/about aprons, Lime and Violet have been buying them (not sure which episode they talked about that) and there are a boatload for sale on etsy.  Now that I’ve made one I can see why.  I may even try to design one myself.  They’re fun and quick and you can really play around with color…although I maybe played around with color a little too much on this one.  I’m not wild about the way the skirt fabric works with the rest.

Finally, I’ve been experimenting with some prototypes for bags I may sell at Diva Knitting.  I haven’t perfected any of them yet, so I’ll be playing around with them some more before I decide.  The boxy bag is really cute but the way it’s made makes it very hard to be precise.  There is probably an easier way, I just have to figure out what it is!