Sunday, February 7, 2010

An Unfinished Project

I had high hopes for getting so many things sewn this weekend, but it's 11 p.m. on Sunday night, and I have very little to show. Weekends are never long enough!!



On Weekend Eve (Thursday night) while watching Project Runway, I tried to organize my fabric stash. This is a challenge, and while I'm mostly happy with the results, my sewing space still needs some organizational TLC.



Before






After





The boxes are from Ikea, and while they are childish and a little silly and probably not first choice, they were the perfect size for my bookshelf. Also, I know I should have refolded all of the fabric, but that was going to take too.



So far I have six boxes of fabric, but I still need a couple more. Would you believe me if I said I still feel like I need more fabric?? I have a box for all my Anna Maria Horner fabric, a box for my bright and bold flower prints, a box for novelty prints, and this is all I can remember off the top of my head, and I'm too tired to take 15 steps back to my laundry room/sewing space to remind myself of what's in the other boxes.




Then tonight I needed to make a present for a friend, so I chose to make a Taxi Tote out of Anna Maria Horner's Seams to Me book. An excellent book I might add.








The bag will end up looking like this one. Well, different fabrics, but same pattern.





But I got to one of the very last steps, and realized that I don't have enough red thread to sew on my red bias tape. I'm sure I could have just used white thread, but I couldn't bring myself to do that. It wouldn't look as pretty. So, tomorrow I'll be off to JoAnn's, so I can finish the bag!




Not the most exciting post, but life is busy and there are only so many hours in the night unfortunately!!!

4 comments:

Annee said...

I need to organize my fabric so badly. I just haven't been able to decide how to group it. I like your groupings. Also, your latest taxi tote is going to be lovely! Sorry about the red thread.

Kristina said...

Looks beautiful! Any suggestions of something to make for a 9 yr old little girl?

She just got this little video camera for Christmas, so I thought I could make something to hold it? http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/OCXfPDKnNQjYoenYon6keA?authkey=Gv1sRgCL3OmvPVo87rxgE&feat=embedwebsite

Any thoughts? Want to do something easy/quick.

Liz said...

Kristina, if you look on our sidebar you'll find "Tried and True Tutorials." Look for the "Ipod Cozy." I believe it would fit the flip camera, but you could very easily adjust the measurements if you needed to. This is a VERY easy project and a great tutorial to follow.

Annee said...

I would totally agree with Liz. We have a flip camera and several ipod cozies around here. It would definitely hold a flip camera, and would be a really great idea. I've also made the little tote bags for older girls (as pictured with the bow), which is also very simple.

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