Dec 05 2008
Christmas purse
I finished Jamie’s (my older sister) Christmas present today. When I saw this fabric at the store I knew I had to have it, since it just screamed her name at me. The picture on the right shows Anya modeling it. I had some fun making fabric “yo-yos” today (the flowers, they’re kind of hard to see) — they were a first for me.
The picture on the left shows a bit more of a close-up of the flowers. I found really nifty buttons that I thought would make the perfect centerpoint for the flowers. I think tomorrow I’ll see about making the snuggly baby pajamas for my neice. I’d like to get Jamie and her family’s presents done soon so that I can get them mailed out. I have a little more time for everyone else, since I don’t need to worry about shipping.
On a bit of a side note, although still related to sewing, I just ordered a coverstitch machine. It’s a Janome 900CP (which is discontinued, but still a nice machine). I was kind of debating back and forth as to whether or not I wanted a dedicated coverstitch machine, but made up my mind that I needed one when I started thinking about doing hammocks on my serger. I like the idea of it since I find the stitches to be so much nicer, but obviously with a regular serger you can’t install ribbons (since the knives will just.. cut them off).
My serger doesn’t do coverstitch and I didn’t want to fork out the major bucks that it would cost to get a regular serger that also coverstitches, so this seemed like a pretty decent option for me. Not only do I save money and still get the ability to coverstitch, but now I won’t need to undergo the lengthy process to swap my machine from regular serging to coverstitching!
Unfortunately… now I have three machines on my tiny sewing desk. We’ll be doing up Christmas decorations soon and I am pondering rearranging the living room while we are at it to see if I can make space for a bigger desk. I would really like something L-shaped so that I can set up all of my machines at once (and even possibly have a surface to cut on that isn’t the floor, god that makes my back hurt), but I’d settle even for something just 20″-30″ longer or so. I suppose only time (and trying :p) will tell if this can actually happen.
I’m too looking for a second table for the sewing room… And I only have 1 machine You make it difficult to not go out and buy that serger, I guess I have sewing machine envy. Even with my gorgeous new Babylock.
That purse is quite involved pattern and fabric wise. It is a bit difficult to follow picuture wise. Is the whole bottom half one fabric, other than the flowers?
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The whole bottom half is one fabric. The flowers are made from the two different fabrics (the one used for the bottom half, and the zebra one).
To be honest, the serger didn’t really add much to the project. I’ve made purses from this same pattern on my sewing machine and they look exactly the same since all of the seams are completely hidden. I just really, really wanted to use the serger for SOMETHING!