Project three

Project three: Pillow cases

The Tall One and I were out and about in Franklin on Saturday.  We had lunch at Peking Palace with my brother and sister where I stuffed myself with Empress Chicken and the best wonton soup there is.  Jake was a really good sport, after lunch I went clothes shopping.

I don’t actually like clothes shopping, but I like clothes, so I must do A to get B.  I don’t spend a lot of money on clothes, I shop at Plato’s Closet and Goodwill but I find some good stuff.  Anyway, after shopping and finding too many things we also stopped at JoAnne’s.  It was a quick stop but I always check the clearance bins for the little rolls of fabric they have already cut and priced.  I found this print for a few dollars and decided I liked it enough to make some pillow cases for the throw pillows for the couches.  I found another roll of the same fabric. 

Jake liked it too, so that was a plus.

When we got home Jake took a nap and I sewed these slip covers.  I like em!

Pillow cases, a success.

Project Two

So a few weeks ago I decided that I wanted to make a tote…

I wanted a bag that was big enough that I could throw my sketch book, an extra shirt for when I spill something on myself, a pair of flip flops for when my “cute” shoes are killing me, and other random things that just wouldn’t fit in any of my purses. Essentially something as big as a backpack but cute.  

I had a little bit of scrap material left over so I did a bit of Google-ing for some ideas and after work a few weeks ago I sat down and started at it. The tall one (my husband) sat on the couch reading while I sat at our kitchen table cutting and sewing away on the new sewing machine while we watched In Plain Sight on the Wii with Netflix.  (That’s an awesome Friday night if I do say so myself)

                Let me make a side note:

1.       The Wii is awesome, along with Netflix I have no real reason to go outside.

2.       In Plain Sight has really grown on me. Marshall Mann…oh I could just eat him up!  He is just sweetness personified.  

Ok, back to the tote.  So, I spent Friday night measuring and cutting the material and I sewed the straps.  I knew it was time for bed when I had to remove a seam because I wasn’t paying attention and sewed the wrong pieces together.  I got up the next morning and busted it out in no time. 

I am pretty happy with it as far as size and pocket space.  If I could make it again I would have loved to have had some different material, but since it was basically free and I made it in time it took to watch 4 episodes of In Plain Sight I’m not complaining.  (Let’s call it 3.5 hours…I was distracted my Marshall Mann....)

There is even a pocket on the inside.  Fancy, I know.

Overall, tote was a success, also now completely obsessed with In Plain Sight....