Sally Said Sew

Between job hunting, a long overdue vacation to Colorado Springs and then the recent wildfires in Washington which resulted in us being evacuated, I have been doing some sewing. Here are some of my recent projects. For my Aunt Sally Runaround Bag in Skylines Fabric Doll Quilt Swap Front Doll Quilt Swap Label For my friend, Lori

Now that Christmas is over, I can share several of the projects that were gifts that I worked on. Barbados Bag by Pink Sand Beach Designs. The fabrics in this have gold metallic that don't show up very well in the photos. This was for my sister-in-law. I also made a matching Fiona wallet (pattern by Clobird Designs). One of these Seahawks wallets (a variation on the Fiona pattern) was a gift to my mom. The other one I will keep since the quality wasn't up to my standards. I also made a really nice tote bag from a free online tutorial. It is called the Market Tote from Bijou Lovely ( http://www.bijoulovelydesigns.com/2010/05/market-tote-tutorial.html ). It is a heavier duty tote than some of them out there. This bag also gifted to a dear friend. I just love the cat fabric! Then I made up a few more runaround bags out of Seahawks fabric, but wouldn't you know, I forgot to take pictures! Lastly, although not a bag or tote, I made a hexie ...

I tried another new pattern this weekend for small crossbody bags called the Runaround Bag by Lazy Girl Designs. I followed the directions as written for my first bag, the navy/purple one. Yeah, I was not impressed with the handle and the fact that you can see the seams inside, even though you zigzag stitch them to clean up the raw edges. I thought the strap was downright ugly as designed. I didn't like the "openness" of the one side of it. Bag #1 Time for another modification to a pattern which meant I would be making another bag. I used my Dritz Quick Turn tool to do the next strap.  It made for a much cleaner and nicer looking strap.  Another thing I did differently from the pattern when I made the strap was to use just one WOF instead of piecing it. Mistake. The strap was too short in my opinion even though the instructions said to make the strap 40-45" long. I also had access to a set of instructions to modify the liner to hide the seams. Incorpor...

I purchased the neatest little wallet through Craftsy this weekend. It's called " Fiona " by Clobird Designs . Two fat quarters, a magnetic catch, a zipper and some interfacing and you are ready to sew! I will admit I struggled with my first one, mostly because the written instructions didn't match up to the pictures on the same page. Once I figured that part out, the wallet went together fairly well. For this one, I used a faux leather material with high quality quilting cotton for the flap and interior fabrics. I also fussy-cut the flap, both inside and out, but didn't do a very good job with interior layout. Outside of "Fiona" Wallet Inside it has six card slots, a zippered pocket for change or whatever, and place to put your checkbook. You can also add a pen holder but I never use them in other wallets so I did not include it in this one. Inside of Wallet I posted this in one of the Facebook groups I am in and made a comment about the l...