Well I fin­ished my first tote bag.  It’s not the best I’ve ever seen but it’s a start.  I found a flan­nel blan­ket in the clear­ance cor­ner of Ikea.  It was only 40p so I thought it would be per­fect as prac­tice mate­r­ial.     I also worked on a new pin­cu­sion.    Again it’s not per­fect… [Con­tinue Reading]

So I’m con­tin­u­ing on w/ my prac­tice sewing.  I can’t man­age to sew a cir­cle cor­rectly.  I might just be try­ing some­thing that is beyond my skill level at the moment.  I’ve com­pletely for­got­ten how to sew.  It’s pretty pathetic.  I’m going to con­tinue to plug away at it.  I’ll have a pretty pin­cu­sion if… [Con­tinue Reading]

Just wanted to post a photo of my sewing machine.  I’ve been tin­ker­ing w/ it for a cou­ple of weeks.  I’m going to attempt to make a hand­bag this week.  I just need to find a pat­tern I like.  I bought a book on hand­bags but I don’t really like any of the bags in… [Con­tinue Reading]