VHS Roma - Teresa Lucio Designs

When companies first started offering vinyl versions of the custom fabric, I was hesitant to try working with it, mainly because I worried my machine wasn't sturdy enough to do it justice. It was a valid concern; you can't hide when you have to rip out stitches in most vinyl since it leaves little holes, and I do that often. I've used it a lot for accents, but an entire bag intimidated me! Fortunately the Roma from Teresa Lucio Designs was a great test bag, so cute and little, and I was able to make the entire outside out of the Backstitch VHS vinyl.

This is my childhood...in vinyl

WIP Wednesday - Planning Time!

Summer is speeding by, and I realized that I only have a few months until the craft show season is in full swing! I'm debating trying to do a show in a nearby town, usually I avoid out of town shows because it means even longer days and a LOT of extra work since most of my helpers aren't really willing to drive extra and I don't have extra room to bring them with me since my SUV is usually packed to the brim. BUT...the chance to clear out a bunch more stuff is really tempting!

Some previous lanterns for inspiration!

WIP Wednesday - Hot Summer!

Summer is in full swing with HOT weather, random storms, and wildfires! The fires are one of the things I don't enjoy about Colorado, but the rest of the time it's pretty great...last week was very smoky and orange as the fire got close to our town, and we seem to be safe for now, but not the towns to the west of us. I just hope that the orders I'm sending out don't have a lingering wildfire smell! 

One of the smaller blankets, but super cute!

Floral Harriet (Swoon)

Not every purse I make is done with characters or inspired fabric, some are just pretty! This is one of my favorite pretty custom fabrics from Blended Threads, and the Harriet from Swoon was so perfect to show off the bold design! I modified the bag by leaving off the little flap closure and using rivet magnetic snaps -- I didn't want to hide any of the gorgeous print!

That's a real backdrop, not AI!

WIP Saturday - Here Comes Summer!

I miss being in school sometimes, when reaching the last day meant that there were so many possibilities of everything I could do now that I was free! Mostly my summers involved reading many, MANY books, watching my brothers, cleaning (mainly if I mentioned I was 'bored'), and sometimes a trip to visit family. Having those months off was so amazing, and I miss that. For some reason my day job doesn't give me a 3 month break in the middle of the year... I could really use a few months off to do dedicated organizing and sewing, but I'll make do with my weekends and evenings, for now. 

I'm only slightly obsessed with DCC, and there are some awesome things I can make for it! This is up on Etsy!

Mid-Century Modern Star Wars Style Book Sleeve and More!

The best thing about custom fabric is the unique styles that come out of the fan art! This Mid Century Modern style fabric from KNITorious Fabrics is so fun and pretty! I used it to make the large Book Sleeve from Sewn Ideas.

Even has a Grogu zipper pull!

WIP Friday - And There Goes May!

May is always a fast month, but it seemed to fly even more this year! Between a surprise graduation (a year early and decided the week before graduation to actually graduate instead of staying in and doing college classes), pattern testing, strike fabric, etsy orders, helping my oldest car shop, getting busy with the day job, and all the other day to day fires, I don't really know where it went! I do need to start focusing on getting stuff ready for shows soon, and the organizing and destashing I've been planning to do for the last few... years...Maybe June will be a good month? 

I am all caught up on DCC, but I should go back and re-read at some point because I finished the first 7 books in a week...