Tag Archives: Sewing

Birthday purse

3 Nov

This summer I made this oversized beach purse for my friend for her birthday.  It’s made from a buttery yellow linen and a soft beautiful floral cotton.  It’s actually reversible as well.  It’s a very easy pattern that sews up in an hour.  Next time I’ll add some interior/exterior pockets as well.  And from what I’ve seen my friend uses it a lot!

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Mini chef hats

3 Nov

A few weeks ago I decided to make some chef hats for my kids.  Don’t really know where the idea came from but I holed myself in my sewing room for an entire morning and came out with these.  The kids loved them.  And as you can see from the Kiva Kids post they actually wore them in public (so did their friends).  I think all my friend’s kids will be receiving them for Christmas this year.

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Scraps

3 Nov


I’ve decided to take a rest from zippers for a while.  And seeing as I have a huge basket filled to the rim with scraps I thought I would start sewing something with them.  Still not sure what it will become but I’m having fun puzzling it all together.

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Zipper Fear

1 Nov

I’ve been sewing for years.  I absolutely love it but have never really learned the basics.  Slowly over the years I’ve managed to teach myself some of the most important techniques you need to know to be able to sew the absolute basics.  But there’s one thing I’ve had a mental block about for years.  An irrational fear of.  Something that has held me back in my sewing adventures.  The zipper.  So this morning I decided that I would have to try to sew a simple lined zipper pouch.  I dug out my zipper box.  Over the years I’ve accumulated all sorts of different size and colour of zippers.  Waiting for this moment. 

Here are all the pieces I’ll need to make my lined zipper pouch.  Doesn’t look too intimidating yet.

Wish me luck.

{update: the zippered pouch didn’t turn out as well as I would have liked.  There were a few minor hitches along the way (how did one of the interior linings end up on the exterior?).  I’m going to try again today.  I WILL succeed at sewing a zipper!}

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