My sister-in-law collects Disney pins, so I made her this ita bag! My husband came up with the design. He has such a good sense for this kind of thing. Unlike other ita bags I’ve made, this one has a gusset, which adds width to the sides and bottom. To add the gusset to the … [Read more…]
A friend recently commissioned me to make him a custom laptop bag with a Megaman theme. This is the result! It’s VERY loosely based on the Campfire Messenger bag pattern that I have used before. It’s been widened enough to fit a 13″ laptop; I added a padded laptop pocket; the closures and front pockets … [Read more…]
Lately I’ve been slowly trying to get my sewing room under control. It is a complete mess, with piles of fabric, scraps, and patterns everywhere, cluttered tables, nothing organized. It made finding tools that I needed difficult and frustrating, and having to step around piles of stuff was a pain. It was NOT GOOD. And … [Read more…]
Just before PAX East this year, I did something ridiculous. I made myself a new bag from a pattern I had never used before just two days before the convention. Starting so late meant I could not order the correct zippers or hardware; I had to make do with whatever I had or could scrounge … [Read more…]
My partner found this adorable Finding Dory fabric at Joann’s a few months ago and suggested that I make his sister a diaper bag for her baby shower. Perfect idea. I loved the fabric and could just picture the bright orange lining and trim. After doing a bunch of research, I picked out Swoon Patterns’s … [Read more…]
On a recent Joann’s trip, I spotted a book in the craft book section that looked interesting: The Better Bag Maker, by Nicole Mallalieu. I’ve been wanting to get back into bag making and to make some bags for my store, and also to learn some more professional bag techniques. Since I had a coupon, … [Read more…]
I’ve been working on a new digital pattern for a sitting bunny plush, loosely inspired by a bunny I had as a child. Here are a few photos of an early prototype: There were a few things I still didn’t like about it at this point. The legs seemed too small, and the body not … [Read more…]
2015 was the first Christmas my partner and I had living together. Living alone, I had never done much decorating for Christmas. So this year I wanted to do something special. One was make custom stockings for us… and the cats! I used a pattern from Joann’s and picked out quilting fabric to match each … [Read more…]
The theme of my office holiday party last year was “Glow”, and everyone was encouraged to bring glow sticks and wear lights and all that fun stuff. I was pretty excited for this since I had taken that e-textile workshop over the summer! Not having much time or a whole lot of supplies, I made … [Read more…]
Last weekend, I went to a great little workshop about e-Textiles in Philly given by Stephanie Vasko. She gave a brief and super-interesting talk about the history of e-Textiles as well as the chemistry behind what makes circuits work, and then we all set about making some simple projects using conductive thread and LEDs. I … [Read more…]