1-day-proects: Phoebe purse

I made the Phoebe purse maybe a year ago and was happy with the results but found it a nightmare to maneuver my over-stiff innerfacing through my sewing machine. With this in mind, I lightly innerfaced my fabric this time. Enough to give the purse some body and structure, but not enough to be extremely [...]

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crafty: sewing totes

I usually do not like to make the same thing twice, because where is the fun in that? But I have followed rabbit fabric for a long time, and the amount of sophisticated patterns is close to 1%. There’s plenty of cutesy, Easter bunnies with eggs, traditional-Japanese, and just ugly busy patterns. Sophisticated is very hard [...]

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crafty: rabbit totebag and makeup bag

I’ve been doing more sewing (as you’ll notice if you have been following my blog) and fell in love with this rabbit fabric. It’s called Hushabye, I don’t remember the artist but it’s for Moda. You can find more of it on ebay just by searching “fabric” and “hushabye.” The rabbits are colored aqua, so [...]

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two new bags

I finished up these bags today. I picked up some purse handles when I was in town, and have finished up some clutch handbags. I wish I would have bought more handles. Right now I’m waffling over what to name the etsy store. Unlike ebay, they don’t let you change the name, so you’d better [...]

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