a new bag for me

I noticed that when I look for bags for shopping there seem to be less of them.  And the ones that I find are seeming to be more worn.  We use them all the time and they always seem to have more then one task.  While I was looking for fabric in my stash for our friend, I found fabric I decided to use for me.

A new bag.  I did not have enough for pockets but it will work well for library books and groceries.  I can see it getting snitch from me by others because of the colors.

These are colors my family loves.  I find that everyone wishes to use the items these colors first.  But that is okay.  It will get used.  I guess I should really make a few more.  I will over time.

just needs to be mailed

A friend of ours has been going through a lot of change.  Then, he gave away his most favorite Trader Joe's shopping bag because a ladies paper bag broke.  I decided to make him a new shopping bag.  He is also allergic to wool which means I cannot make him anything fuzzy.

I feel like I have gotten the measurements right on the shopping bags I make.  The pockets took a while.  Now they are just about the right size.

I really love these fabrics, geometric and feathers.  I am working on the squares for a quilt for a small boy and I want to make sure that there are both of these fabrics in that quilt.

I just need to get a flat rate envelope and the bag will be on its way.  Hopefully, it will not be raining at lunch tomorrow and I can do that.

more cast iron and another dress

I got cast iron pan for the camping box today.  There is a crack in it that has a vveerrryyy slow leak.  Which is perfect for camping.  I do not think I would want a pan in the camp box that I have to worry about.  A bit up is cool.

I also finished another dress.  It is a homespun fabric.  I just love that fabric and I picked up this piece weeks ago when my Beloved got new vinyl for his shop stools.  He helped me pick out the fabric so it is a bit different then if I just picked it myself.  But I really like it.

I thought I would finish it yesterday but I fell asleep after work.  Four hours later I woke.  Then it was time for food and more sleep.  Today may be similar once I finish writing.

medieval to modern

I sew almost every day because it relaxes me.  Which should mean my stash is getting smaller.  It really is not because I am taking things out of the closet and remaking them into other things.  This medieval chemise is a prime example.  I made a medieval dress many years ago for medieval and renaissance fairs.  We like to go in garb.  In the recent years, we have chosen not to go.  We have been downsizing our garb. 

The fabric in this was still good and I liked the color.  My thoughts were that for summer, I could make a dress that would be light weight.  It would be something I would not mind riding my bicycle in or playing with Small Mister.  So I got to cutting and stitching.

I actually got two dresses out of it!

One with sleeves and without sleeves.

I also got quilt squares too.  It went a long way. 

My Beloved told me this morning that he would take me up on my offer of making him a new long sleeve shirt to work in.  I told him I wished I had known that before I cut up this dress.  He said, no it is a Lady blue.  We are going to go to the fabric store and find him some fabric for a shirt.  I have white and beige fabric that would work but both those are highly impractical for his work making knives.

Fabric trip.  I like.

silk dress

After our trip to Cocoa Beach, Florida last year, I had picked up some flower print fabrics to make myself dresses for the beach.  Or bicycling.  Or skateboarding.  Or ......  It will not work very well for snow boarding.  It just is a little light.  I had gotten one done using a the pattern from a dress I had picked up in Cocoa Beach.  This is using the a-line pattern I have been using for most of my dresses recently.

I finished it today after work.  I had to put it on and try out my newest skateboard.  The one with the blue totem animals.  I like how it flutters around my knees even though it is a bit long.  I could shorten it an inch or two.  I might.  I might not.

The leaves in the fabric match my helmet and socks.  I did not try to do that at all but it did make me smile.

I admit that my concentration is basically shot.  Between the pain in my shoulders and missing Small Mister, my attention span once I get home from work is very small.  I use it up all at work.  I am doing things in very small steps and my hands seem to want to be in yarn.  That is okay.

The skateboarding makes me smile too!