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rainbow pouch

I saw a really neat pleating technique on a skirt while in France several years ago and have been meaning to attempt something similar since that trip.  Well, this was the week I finally tryed it out.  It was very time consuming, even once I had figured out how to do it, but it turned out not too bad.

I used a rainbow stripe material so I wouldn't have to mark out all my folds and so, when the pleat was folded back, it would add a little fun to the design.  The same material was used, unpleated, for the lining.

It has been about 15 years since I inserted a zipper into anything and it was not so easy for me.  Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that, instead of using a pattern, I just made things up as I went along...  I wonder... ;o)

carmel cat

I had much fun at Amanda's last night although lets just say my knitting skills are, well, not exactly skilled.  Next month I think I will be bring along an embroidery project.

Here is one of the presents I brought for Miss Amanda.  The image is an illustration she did which I silkscreened onto carmel cotton velvet and then sewed up into a jaunty shoulder bag.  I love velvet but I do not enjoy sewing it as it is sooooo shifty!  Thank you to whomever invented basting tape.  In the future I must attempt to limit the use of velvet to small accents and not the whole project.

I will be making up some similar ones in different fabrics for the site so stay tuned to get your Amanda/Crissy original!

Awwww, cute!  I just looked at Amanda's journal and she posted pictures of the bags I gave her there.  Yay!

Claire from loobylu.com posted January's softies - all 130 of them!  Amazing!

:o) Crissy.

January Softie - Vintage Catwalk

I just emailed Claire from loobylu my first ever Month of Softies contribution.  She is made of vintage pink tweed with a polka dot ribbon and my grandmother's metal broach at her neck.  I'm not too keen on the embroidered features but overall I think she turned out ok.  She looks super cute on my couch!

Tonight I am headed to Edmonton to a stitch & bitch night at Amanda's.  I made her a present but it is a surprise so a picture will have to wait until tomorrow!

:o) Crissy.

All done!

My cute little packs of button tacks are all done... all 80 packs!  Whew!  And look, they have green staples!  I think they turned out super cute.  All ready to be mailed off to Marie at The Sampler.  Happy, happy!

:o) Crissy.

buttons, buttons, ahhhh....

So many buttons.  And glue.  And cork.  And baggies...  oh the humanity!

I am in the midst of making 50+ sets of button tacks for the February edition of the sampler ... 3 hours so far this evening just on packaging them up - and I am still not done.  This is day three, a whole lotta work for a fairly simple idea.  Luckily I completed 27 sets in December so all together I will have 75-80 sets to send in.

Tomorrow I have to get some colour copies of the packaging and, hopefully, some green staples because that would be a cute touch, don't you think?

:o) Crissy.