Snappy Lappy Bag

I made this lap top bag from the dress I dissected this week. It has its faults, but it's my first try.



This is also my first try at putting in a pocket with a zipper. It was both easier and trickier than I expected, if you can imagine that. My stitching is a little ugly, and I can see why invisible thread is recommended for such a project. Anyway, I love it!

I interlined it with a layer of fusible fleece and lined it with a piece of chenille I've had for forever to make it a soft, luxurious ride for my lap top. The pocket is to put my charging equipment in, and the pockets are from leather furniture samples my friend Eliza gave me.

In other news, I added some love bullets pouches and pocket clutches to my shop. :D Happy Friday night!

Pouches of Love!

New Love Bullets pouches with different colors. I think these turned out super cute!





Hugs and Kisses pouches.

I heart these guys and hope you do too! I'm in the process of putting these (and their friends) in my shop right now.

Seeing red

I accidentally let the lazies get me again last weekend, but I think I kicked them out this morning. We'll see!

So when I wasn't being lazy, I did get some work done on my other custom order. I was told that the recipient likes red. So this is what I came up with for the purse:



She wanted some accessories to go with it that would coordinate without being super matchy, so I used some of the same fabrics to make another love bullets pouch. Apparently the black fabric picks up the fuzzies, and I used my flash. That means they show up REALLY WELL. Oopsies! I'll have to lint roll it before I send it out.



I was also asked to make a checkbook cover. I made one this morning that turned out super cute, yet also super wonky. I decided to keep it for myself, learn from my mistakes, and start over (which I'll be doing as soon as I'm done here!). Here is the not quite right first try:





Oh wow, is there an award out there for worst top stitching ever? I'd like to award it to myself. I stitched it topside down, which I probably shouldn't have done. Actually, it doesn't look so bad in real life. Those pictures made me want to scrap or fix it, but after a quick real life looksy, I don't think I'd be embarrassed to say I made it.

Um, I also made up a new style of purse this weekend that I messed up a bit. I am apparently not to be trusted sewing right now. I think I'm going to keep working through it though.