Category Archives: Sewing

Merry Christmas Everyone!

This Christmas I wanted to make at least 1 handmade gift. For one thing, it feels nice. For another, it’s difficult to find things for my Grandmother that she doesn’t already have! I knew that she had recently received a kindle, and even though she probably won’t be traveling far, I figured I could make her kindle all snazzy and personalize it a bit to suit her taste!

I went to the fabric store and picked out a nice red denim (red’s her favorite color) and a cool black and white printed cotton for the inside. I also snagged a pretty gold button, some white ribbon and some black elastic (to hold the kindle in place).

I don’t have the in process pictures, but I do have photos from this finish line. Overall, this project probably took about 3 hours (start to finish). I made the pattern up as I went and I’m pretty pleased with the result!

My photo for the inside is a bit large. I’ll upload later. In the future I want to add in a stronger material on the inside. I tried heavy, fusible interfacing, but that did not give the intended result. So then I stuck a piece of cardboard in there.

Sal and I made a ton of heath/chocolate chip cookies, they are DELICIOUS. They are also the only thing we’ve eaten today.

I got a Kindle Fire! It is pretty awesome, I’ve been basically using it for everything since I got it, tablets rock! I can even do quick and easy posts from it which makes me super happy!

I’m glad to have made a handmade gift this Christmas! I want to do more! It was exciting, and while what I made isn’t perfect, I think it’s a fantastic start. Also, my grandmother seemed to like it!

I set out this afternoon to make an awesome wristlet and camera case. Instead, I made a sucky wristlet (no wrist loopy, sewn inside the bag… that was dumb) and I’m cutting my losses so I don’t screw up a camera case as well. I’ll let the crappy crafting die tonight and hopefully fix it tomorrow.

Out of my limited readers, if I still have any due to a bad posting schedule;

What are your frustrations? When you fail as completely as I have tonight, do you continue on and hope the fail stops? Do you get a good night’s rest and come back refreshed? Do you have any other techniques?

What happened today was so frustrating, I wanted to load up the tiny clutch, that doesn’t open because the zipper sticks, with a few bricks and toss it through a window. RAGE!

You heard it here folks!

I’m rather happy that I enjoyed making (and showing off!) my wristlet so much, even with the catastrophe and ripping apart of the bag that occured yesterday (seam rippers are evil). I’m excited about combing the bags with jewelry, as has been my hope for sometime now.

This weekend gets a bit hectic for me but I’m hoping to not lose momentum. I may cut pieces tonight (or at least practice pocketing). If I cut and sew some pieces tonight and do final assembly tomorrow, I could have another done bag before I leave! Woo!