Sunday, August 22, 2010

Wasp bag - my new favourite handbag

I launched into the making of this bag some time ago with some upholstery fabric found in a thrift shop. The fabric was only $2 so a bargain. I also had some olive green durable fabric lying around which made for a nice contrasting inner.
I didn't have any fusible interfacing so opted to sew in some rigid interfacing I had already - I used some large circles because a sellotape reel was nearby at the time.
However, because of that time intensive interfacing part, this bag seemed to take forever. Not assisted by the fact that I must have incorrectly assembled each part, and unpicked each stitch at least twice. I'm not sure why it seemed so hard but it was a touch of a struggle. However, it is done (finally) and I really quite like the result.


The wasp pattern provides for the teardrop style handle connection (according to the pattern because she had used an old leather belt with that style of end) and I think it makes the bag.
The pattern is at
Wasp bag pattern. Thanks for sharing the pattern.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Nice spot to call home

I think when you've returned home (for us it was at the start of the year, after 7 years overseas) there are some places where that feeling is triggered in you - you know for sure you're home. For me one of those places is the hills above Seatoun, 3 minutes from my parents and where I went to primary school.
From there you can look over the mouth of the harbour, down along the south coast and all the way round towards the north. Always a glorious spot.


Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Fabric bouncy balls

Another moment of panic due to an upcoming birthday was thankfully addressed by the pattern provided by purl bee in New York. See www.purlbee.com/fabric-beach-balls/ if you want to give it a go. If you have stuffing sitting around then this is one of those projects that you really can achieve in a night and only requires scraps of fabric. It took me two evenings, and whilst the result is very obviously not from your designer kiddies store, they kinda work.

Crisis averted.