Sewing Projects

There's nothing like deadlines to get me to start and finish a project. Also, having an entire day at home by myself, no kids or husband to distract me, is helpful. So this week I found myself getting a few sewing projects done. First I sewed a little drawstring pouch for Frankie. She needed one for keeping an extra change of clothing in her first grade class. It had to be taken to the classroom this week, so I had a deadline. I used some remnants of fabric and whipped it together in about 20 minutes. I hand-embroidered her name on the pouch as well.





My next project was the "Weekend-Away Travel Pouch," which I made for Olivia to keep her girly stuff in her backpack. The pattern is from the book "Weekend Sewing" by Heather Ross. I used fabric from a skirt I loved (it had Keropi fabric and was lined with silk). The skirt got some stains on it that looked bad, so I decided to repurpose the skirt. This project was perfect because I used the silk to line the travel bag. The Keropi fabric looks cute on the outside. And I got the zipper on without any problems. Olivia loves the bag.







My final project was a quick one. Sadly, this was supposed to be part of Olivia's Christmas present last Christmas, but I never made it and the materials got buried in my sewing pile. It's too bad because it took me all of 10 minutes to make. It's a little velvet pincushion (to complete the sewing box/kit I gave Olivia for Christmas). The stuffed velvet cushion is hot-glued onto a brioche tart tin. I used silver embroidery floss and stitched a little snowflake. Now, maybe next year I'll get my Christmas projects done on time.