Sometimes it's super easy to find great fabric for a fandom...and sometimes it's super hard! There is surprising not that much available for the Inside Out movie, and what little I was finding wasn't that great. Finally, I tracked down two fun fabrics from Oh So Pretty Fabrics, and this adorable Necessary Clutch Wallet was born!
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| Both fabrics are really fun! |
The Strapfield from ChrisW Designs is a pattern that looks somewhat complicated, but each step is clearly broken down and walked through, so it's really not that bad! I left off the front pouch pocket, but there are still a bunch of pockets available!
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| Front view with giant illustrated book for scale! |
This week has been pretty low on the writing inspiration, and every time I tried to write a new blog post, my mind went blank. I still don't have much to say, and the post I've been working on for the next purse is all a jumble of pictures and a few comments thrown in here and there. Pictures ARE the best part, so I should just finish it up and post that one today too! I'm really falling behind on my 2 posts per week goal, and it's only the first month of the year.
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| That's a big bag! |
We're halfway through January and things are starting to pick up! A few orders are trickling in, and I'm actually almost finished with my UFO! I started it about 7 years ago, business got busy, and while I worked on it here and there, this is the first time I've had a longer stretch to focus on it. It's pretty amazing and I can't wait to show off the fully-functional Factotum!
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| Just one of the pockets on the outside, SO MANY pockets in this bag! |
Sometimes I get requests for 'something' with a specific fabric or panel, and then I have to come up with ideas. This 'something' was for trick or treat type bags that used the fun Poe panel from Backstitch, plus they needed to be useful for after Halloween too! These were a quick turnaround item, so I somehow missed getting the 'nice' pics. Instead, I'll walk you through the process for how I do custom orders!
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| Don't be a Scaredycat! |
New year usually means the same list, but I started going through it and taking off projects I no longer care about, adding in stuff I want to focus on this year, and updating some of my goals! I still need to dig into the piles to find the crochet projects and see if I have enough of the yarn/pieces to make it worthwhile to finish...I also have an urge to totally rearrange my sewing studio, but I really have too much fabric to make that happen any time soon, unless I want to make it look like a fabric store exploded in the rest of the house.
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| Stitching up some of my new patterns! |
I don't like to call them resolutions, because then it seems like they are easier to break...don't ask me why. Instead, I try to outline goals and a plan to reach them whenever we start a new year. Last year I didn't write any down, but I worked on finishing orders faster and staying more caught up, so I could squeeze in test bags and strike projects, and I was able to meet that goal!
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| Everything is better with pics, so here's my first UFO project for 2024, the almost 7 year old Factotum! |
