As I am trying to be accountable to my goals for the year, here is how my January goals went: January Pinterest Project was this raglan sweatshirt. I ended up using the arm design for one of my sweatshirt dresses, which is very comfy to wear. I needed to wrap the kids up for pattern starting […]
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Bucket-style purse – leather and canvas
By Stacy on January 22, 2022This was another purse idea that came from looking at Pinterest. I really liked the look of the bucket style bags with canvas and leather. Made it a little easier on construction and the different materials looked nice together. Some of them had backpack straps, but for this I just did a shoulder strap. I […]
Sling bag – camo and metallic leather
By Stacy on January 11, 2022I have liked the look of sling bags, so I thought I would draft up a simple one to start out with. I perused Pinterest, and there are a lot of different versions: I went for a front pocket with a snap flap and a top zipper. Not as detailed as some of the versions […]
New sweatshirt design
By Stacy on January 2, 2022Apparently one shouldn’t beat an old horse with a new stick (?? where did that saying come from anyways??) I needed to come up with a new design. I already made three out of this pattern: While each was a little different…same basic style. It’s semi-fitted with a cowl neckline, pockets, covers the butt, and […]
This past year was not a stellar year when it came to getting really anything done. Not on the sewing front, nor personal front. I felt like I was just treading water, trying not to sink, for most of the year. I was also insanely unfocused when I did have time to breathe, so still, […]
Feast or Famine sewing
By Stacy on December 31, 2021Here I sit at the end of the year of not much sewing and have managed to sew/finish up 10 garments, 1 backpack purse, 3 leather wallet key chains and I fixed 2 leather purses. That is more than I think I accomplished the rest of 2021! Time is a hot commodity right now for […]
Black leather backpack purse
By Stacy on December 26, 2021So my last big leather purse that I made has broken hardware on the strap, so it can’t be carried. I need to set about trying to figure out how to fix that mess, since the leather is still in good shape. I will have to detach both sides of the straps, and the conchos […]
A little bit of wallpaper
By Stacy on November 15, 2021Oh hey…hi. I know it has been awhile. I have not been really sewing or doing much of anything, really. Just trying to make it through my teens last few years of high school. I have a high school junior and senior now, and how fast did that happen?? So…this is a little project I […]
Wow, it has been 3 months since I have posted here. Time sure flies when you have no time (or energy) to do anything crafty. I carved out some time this past week to get a few things sewed up. I also “lucked out” that the girl’s fastpitch tournament ended with a single elimination tournament […]
Sew…where to begin on goals for 2021. I’ll have you know I started writing this in January. It is now March. I have not progressed much on these goals. #1 – This clearly is to buy less fabric and supplies. According to my 2020 annual budget of fabric and crafting supplies, I spent around $1,900. […]