Big stuff

Hello friends!

I hope you had a great Side Pony Tail Friday Afternoon, whether you participated or not.



I seem to favor a left (to me) side pony tail. Next week I'll have to get crazy and try the right.

I finished up a couple new bags this week. I love this big linen number:



Patchwork is my first sewing love.



I love how big it is. It'd be perfect to throw a couple changes of clothes in for the weekend, a trip to the mall, or for anyone addicted to huge bags and all the glorious things that fit into one!

I have been riding the glorious high of creating things almost exclusively from thrifted finds. The linen was salvaged from a skirt, the lining from a king size sheet, the scraps from a glorious giveaway, and it's even interfaced with some weird looking stuff I got from freecycle.



This (also large!) bag is also made from thrifted supplies. I did put a magnetic snap in it, and the handle interfacing is always new (because I'm addicted to the thick fusible interfacing for handle making.)

I'm off to post a few new things in my shop. I'm trying to get in on a craft show with limited spacing, so I want my etsy shop to look good!

Let's have a give away today.

--Giveaway is closed! I'll be announcing the winner in a new post.--

Sounds like a great idea to me.

Remember all that linen from the last post? Well, I spent the last couple of days turning it into pouches. So far I only have 5 DONE, 2 almost done, and several more that are still naked pieces of linen.











Do you want one of these? You do? Good! What? You'd like it with additional prizes inside, like lip balm and vintage buttons? OK, but don't get into the habit of being so wanty. It's probably bad for your skin.

So here's how to get one:

Leave me a comment telling me which one is your favorite by Saturday night (let's have the cut off be at 7 mountain time, ok?).

Want more chances to win? You do? Good!

For an extra chance to win, put out of the word on your blog, come back here and post another comment telling me you did it. I am lazy, and this will make using a random number generator much, much easier.

For another glorious chance, subscribe to my feed. If you already do, cool! Just make another comment and let me know. If you don't, subscribe and tell me in a comment.

Easy peasy!

I'm thinking Sunday shop update. See you there!

Works in progress

I just spent an hour performing magic. When I say magic, I mean I ruthlessly cut up a pair of size 16 pure linen capri pants into 14 sets of rectangles that shall soon become zippered pouches. 14! I even cut part of one leg off a while ago to make Grandma's tea pouch. So really, I got 15 out of it.



After lunch I'm going to go rob the best scraps out of my giant scrap box for super cool applique time (which will hopefully coincide with Felix's nap time).

I really wanted to work on some projects where materials were not a huge part of the cost. I would love to offer some cheaper things in my store, but using new materials keeps things a bit spendy (and I'd like to make a few dollars profit here and there). So I am going to be making some things out of recycled or thrifted materials to keep costs down for everyone.

I did just get all that glorious new fabric, so I'm sure it will be playing some roles here and there.

In other news, Felix has been using the potty, and it is awesome. I have been bribing him with candy for his Pez dispensers. I bought a big bag of half packs of the candy (6 in each), and I've been giving him 3 for each successful pee. He has had a dry diaper all morning. I offered to let him wear his underwear around the house, but he refused, stating that he likes diapers and will wear them forever. He also refuses to do other business in the potty, but at least we're making progress. Hopefully we'll kick his diaper habit to the curb by his birthday. Let's all keep our fingers crossed!