Baby sewing project

I was given a hand-me-down bobby pillow from my brother and sister in law, among many more things, but I needed a cover for it. I looked online, but in the color I wanted, they were made on etsy (aka expensive) or somewhere so I made made my own. I bought 1/2 yard of minky fabric for about $6 (coupon!) and a 22" zipper for less than $2. I used another cover as a pattern, sewed the zipper in first, put it on the pillow and then fixed my pattern a bit. Now it fits perfect! It's not the best zipper I've done, but the soft fabric was a little tough to sew. I should have started with a larger hem. Oh well, it will do the job!

You can see how wonky my zipper is in the last picture, but like I said, it works! I think this was the last of my to-do baby items. I even put the sewing machine back in its box. It hasn't been in the box since I started my curtain making extravaganza almost a year ago. Not sure I'll have too much time for sewing after next week.

What was I thinking?

Why do I start these projects while Glenn is gone? Well... I know the answer to that, but when I envisioned beautiful striped curtain panels for my living room and dining, I didn't know how painful this would be. I am currently almost done seeing the first panel of the first window!

Only 11 more to go!

Gathered Clutch

I saw this tutorial a few weeks back and I knew I wanted to try it. I've never attempted anything like this but the directions seemed to make sense. The hardest part of the project was finding interfacing in a Japanese craft store. I wondered around til I found something that looked about right. It turned out to work great! I've never used interfacing for a project so I wasn't sure how it worked, but for thinner fabrics, it is a must! I made the black and white one first so it has a few mistakes but the blue striped one turned out much better. Plus I used thinner fabrics which were MUCH easier to work with.

The longest part was cutting the fabrics to size, but the actual construction doesn't take very long. The first one took me about 4 hours from start to finish, but the second one, only about 2.

This picture makes me realize that my blue stripe is crooked. Oh well. I also put little pockets on the inside.

For never haven sewn anything this complicated- I'm pretty happy with it! I have a whole box full of old scraps from our pillows, roman blinds and curtains. I'm excited to make more!