story: hm, no story this time. just really felt like sewing and had not used any of this lovely winterish fabric before… so this is what happened: a purse and a matching wallet.
outer fabric: brownish chequered tweed i got in the sale for 3€
lining fabric: black linen from IKEA
specialities: snap fasteners, mobile pocket, ribbon and cute little bow.
tutorial: wallet: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=187229.0 / purse: http://www.ottobredesign.com/fi/kaavat/pdf/purse_EN_5-07.pdf
story: this is a cosmetic bag for my co-worker reingard. she knitted a scarf for me when i was home sick with torn ligaments and i thought i’d sew her a little something in return to say thanks. i still had a lot of fabric and ribbon left i used on the „Ottobre“ bag, so this is like a little sister to it 😉 same fabric and style, different size and pattern.
outer fabric: black/white fabric from IKEA
lining fabric: black linen from IKEA
specialities: zipper (my second one), ribbon and cute little bow.
tutorial: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=176509.0
story: a bag for my friend carolin. when she heard i started sewing bags, she ordered one for her birthday and one for christmas. so this is the birthday one 😉 i enlarged the pattern by 1.5 and now the bag is a nice big shopper. i called the bag „ottobre“ because the design is from ottobre.fi and i sewed it in ottobre (= october in italian).
outer fabric: black/white fabric from IKEA
lining fabric: black linen from IKEA
specialities: ironed on interfacing on all the outer fabric. mobile pocket, ribbon and cute little bow.
tutorial: http://www.ottobredesign.com/fi/kaavat/pdf/purse_EN_5-07.pdf
story: this time a bag for myself. it’s great to be able to sew things you always wanted but never found in the shops 🙂 i finished the messenger bag in one go (cut and prepared the fabric the night before): started at 7pm and finished the bag at 0:30am!
outer fabric: tweed / „fischgrat“ fabric i got in the sale at Karstadt
lining fabric: dotted / polka dot fabric from IKEA
specialities: ironed on interfacing on the handles and all the outer fabric. zipper pocket (my first zipper!), mobile pocket and snap fasteners to close the bag. i thought about putting patches or something on the flap, but i want to wear the bag to work so i better leave it at that…
tutorial: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=2684.0
story: a bag for my friend carina. she got it for her 27th birthday last saturday.
outer fabric: black/white fabric from IKEA
lining fabric: black linen
specialities: ironed on interfacing on the handles to make them a little stiffer. flap with button (first button and button hole!), mobile pocket with stitching (tried what my machine can do)
tutorial: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=49030.0
story: my first bag ever! my dad said it looked like obelix (from the asterix comics), so i called it „obelix bag“
outer fabric: stripey linen fabric from IKEA – actually bedcloths
lining fabric: beige linen – bedcloths too 😉
specialities: mobile pocket
tutorial: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=49030.0
i’m quite new to crafts and never thought i’d actually like to do stuff like that 😉
some months ago i suddenly felt like knitting socks – so i just did it.
before my birthday in august i made a careless remark about „maybe i’d like a sewing machine“ when my mum asked me what i’d like as present. so in september i ordered and ended up with this beauty:
http://www.pfaff.com/smartbypfaff/us/26.htm
so i surfed the web for inspirations what to sew to check out my new sewing machine and found this highly inspiring website: http://www.craftster.org
since i usally get bored with practicing quickly i just started on real sewing projects: BAGS 🙂 you can never have enough of them, can you? 😉
