Wednesday, May 23, 2018

It's been a while since we've made soap. This is a double batch. 25 bars. We actually do two double batches so we each end up with this much.

Friday, May 18, 2018

Changed the contrast fabric and flipped the printed panel. I think I'm going to like using this one.

Monday, May 14, 2018


I fell in love with this pattern long ago. Sadly, the $13 price tag scared me off. One day recently, I stumbled upon this pattern WITH fabric at a thrift store for only $5! The cowgirl fabric was something I would have never considered, but I am so pleased with this bag. I am out of practice and my sewing skills are slow to recover. I did not use any piping as called for in the pattern. I am really in love with how it turned out! We plan on getting a lot of use out of this bag for travel this summer and it sure will be easy to identify with those cute western boots- nothing like anything we've ever had before.

Pattern:
http://www.amybutlerdesign.com/pdfdownloads/weekender.php

Sunday, May 13, 2018


Getting back into practice.

Saturday, May 12, 2018

somehow the photo is worse than the sewing. Which was already rough. This was originally the Mabel Bag by Swoon Patterns. 
I pulled just the pieces from my unfinished bin and assembled them with no directions.

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Long breaks from sewing lead to poorly sewn projects like this sad little zip pouch.