round and round in circles

Posted: April 28th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: projects: handsewn wallet, things i sew | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »


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Oh man. It’s been freaking forever, I know, and I have a whole bunch of really super excuses, but they’re not that interesting. Basically: life caught up with me, I haven’t been crafting, such is the way of the universe. I’ll see what I can do about that in the future.

Anyway, I did ultimately sew something (you will recall, I bought some fabric). This is another very very practical project (as in “sewing something for a specific purpose” – there are much more practical things to do with my time than handsewing, I am positive) – a little mini-wallet for cards-and-bills. Really, the only reason I’d ever use this is for times when I want to go to bars and don’t want to take a purse with me, which is. . .not often, admittedly. But whatever, it’s cute.

I worked out the pattern myself, after staring at these amazing wallets on Craftster for a half hour or so, and since I had a bit of time on my hands that day, it sort of. . .came together.

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Song of the Entry: Big Japan – All The Fish in the Sea Are Stupid Sluts Anyway

take me for granted you

Posted: March 20th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: things i sew | Tags: , , , , , , , | 2 Comments »


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Spring has sprung, and now that it has I’m feeling more like I want to be creative again. I’ve been working through a patch of srs bzns academic burnout, which is fine – but it means I’m spending more of my “down” time sleeping and reading gossip blogs than I am making things. Such is life.

Lately, though, I’ve been thinking about sewing. I have been using this bag as a pencil case all year, mostly because I was so proud of it I had to use it for something, but it’s actually not wide enough for my pens (they fit diagonally) and doesn’t hold as much as I’d like. So the other day, I went for a walk down to MacFab, where I picked up some things:

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Which, hopefully, I’ll turn into a new pencil case (or two) for myself over the next few days, now that I’m on spring break. Oh, also? I have a kitten. Her name is Vesper, and she is the fluffiest kitty oh my gosh ever.

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Song of the Entry: New Found Glory – Reasons