I made a pencil bag today with some really nice fabric. I just took a picture in Photobooth so it doesn’t do the color contrast any justice. But the orange is a really rich orange and the brown with white polka dots for the lining is fantastic. I used the tutorial over at Twelve22.
One thing I love about the cold weather is hats, scarves and long sleeve shirts. This just happens to be a snug hoodie pulled down a little. It was a nice day though. Still sunny enough but the wind made you go buuurrrrrr! 
Also, I decided to make some magnets for my friend that I saw over at Peptogirl! The Marble Magnets tutorial was really quiet easy and once I figured out the glue situation, it was a breeze. Go check it out. I think I’ll end up doing some with fabric….maybe. Have a good night everyone. I am going to enjoy my sleep so I can post what I slaved away for the past few hours on. NIGHT!
Tonight I decided to make a few more projects. Soooo I started with some tissue holders that I found here. They were probably the easiest thing ever. And the tutorial was easy to understand. Once I got finished with one, I immediately turned around and made another one!
Next up was a wristlet! I found the tutorial here. This one made my head hurt a little. It was my first time working with zippers. I am pretty happy with how it turned out. I made some notes about the pattern though of how I’ll tweak it next time I make another one. Personal preference. Nothing is wrong with that pattern though. It was fun to make!
Last but definitely not least, I decided to make a batch up of cookies. Yum.
The second I got finished with my first quilted wallet, I immediately wanted to make a much better one. I really improved a lot. The outside was much much better. I knew what I was doing. So here it is. The finished 2nd quilted wallet. I made a little pocket for my lip balm and the bottom pockets still turned out smaller than I was wanting. So, I guess it’s 3rd times the charm?
Oh, it’s a little wobbled on the left side because that’s where the lip balm is. If that was out it’d lay perfectly straight. I’m a lot more pleased with my 2nd one. I can’t wait to see what the 3rd and 4th look like.
Cut two pieces of fabric out to desired size.
Cut out a piece of fusible fleece a little smaller than previous.
Make a sandwich with all three, fabric right sides together.
Fuse with iron.
Sew fabric together on the outside of fleece, leaving a piece.
Turn inside out, press again and use.
I didn’t have a glass at the time so I grabbed my candle to take a shot.
This sits on the edge of my sewing table just waiting to be used.
This time last weekend I embarked on a journey to finally sew something! My very first thing ever sewn with my Singer 4830 I bought off of craigslist.com for about 70 bucks. Hey, Christmas is coming– homemade Christmas that is and I needed to get going! I instantly wanted this the second I saw it. A quilted wallet by that darn kat!
I wasn’t really too pleased with how this turned out. I made some stitching errors and I didn’t leave enough fabric when I sewed it because when it was time to turn it inside out, I failed. You can see at the bottom right where all the fabric is fluffed out. If you’d like to see the step by step pictures, click here. Like I said, not pleased but definitely not being too hard on myself considering this was my very first sewing project. (Honestly, I had only tested the many designs on a scrap piece of fabric before this. In fact, I made a simple coaster AFTER this wallet. I think I had that backwards.)
