Well-Suited

TA - DA!

I finally finished my second bag for the sew-along! 

I don't know which part of the process was worse:

• walking around Goodwill (in Phoenix in the summer) with several pounds of wool suits on my arm
• picking apart well-tailored jackets draped across my lap (in Phoenix in the summer)
• manipulating pattern pieces to capture pockets & labels
• stitching through multiple layers of wool suiting

But -- I do believe it was worth it! I will be making more. (I've got several pounds of suit fabric on my sewing room floor...)

Feast your eyes:

Sew-Along-Project

I'm participating in a summer-sew-along sponsored by Simplicity Patterns. We are sewing from pattern #2396. I am about 1/4 finished with the two I'm stitching of View A/B.

View C/D will be more of a challenge - as it is pieced & uses bias tape over the seams. I have some good inspirations from my friends over at Spools! My fabrics will be quite surprising!

hmmmmmmmmmm -- it's been awhile

since I've posted, huh? Been busy!

First I did
for "Teacher Appreciation" gifts.


Then I did

for my friend undergoing cancer treatment.


I also made a suitcase pillow for a friend's 55th birthday.

He likes lighthouses & they'd done some Hawaiian cruising --

so I put them all together...


Can't show you what I'm working on now, because it's a couple gifts for a wedding on June 12th. I'm not fabric-crafting this time, however...