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Make a Slouchy Bag
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Make a Slouchy Bag

September 14, 2016September 14, 2016 Juju12 Comments

I’m busy with big life changing stuff, like funerals and sending my youngest to University. Getting to my sewing table isn’t easy at the moment, but I have sewing dreams. My first planned make is a slouchy bag (like the one above from Plumo). I will use a Designer’s Guild velvet upholstery fabric. The Designer’s Guild shops, in… Continue reading Make a Slouchy Bag

finished Carkai bag Bits and Bobbins: April
Bits and Bobbins

Bits and Bobbins: April

April 14, 2016 Juju3 Comments

  I finished my first Carkai bag. It isn’t perfect, the interfacing caused some bubbling and the straps could have been about 15cm longer. Naughty me; I tell my students not to point out their mistakes to everyone else. Do as a say, not as I do. Making the leather closure was very easy. I… Continue reading Bits and Bobbins: April

Carkai bag Bits and Bobbins: First Week of April
Bits and Bobbins

Bits and Bobbins: First Week of April

April 7, 2016April 6, 2016 Juju8 Comments

This week I was laid-up in bed for days with a nasty stomach flu and migraine. It’s torture to have fever dreams of sewing and not being able to act upon them. I have just started to feel better, so there has been a little sewing, on the bags I have cut out. They came together quickly… Continue reading Bits and Bobbins: First Week of April

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