Summer Projects

I've found myself sewing a lot lately.  As soon as I got home from school I began sewing these amazingly handy foldable bags that I learned from Crafty Ady.

My mom had helped me make one before I went to Peru, and I used it daily there.  Used as both as luggage and a shopping bag the bag held up remarkably.  I made that one out of what I believe is Polyester Lining fabric (a remnant I had bought back in my Barbie clothes days).  The fabric was perfect and I was even able to wash out a pomegranate juice stain in a hotel bathroom!

Unfortunately I couldn't find the same fabric anywhere (at least in the 3 stores I tried), so instead I just bought some nice cotton remnants from JoAnn's.  I'm making the bags as Christmas gifts for my family, so I am trying to somewhat cater to personalities, but so far I've only made 4.  I'm also making reusable produce bags based on Wendy's design.  For both bags I've made some adjustments (ribbons instead of the button+flap, ribbon+snap instead of drawstring) and it has taken some trial and error but they are coming out well!

I also just made a bike seat cover based on this design.  Since my bike is hanging out with a friend in Boston he sent me the measurements and hopefully it will work!  If not I'll be trying to hand sew one up there...

Today I made myself a delicious lunch of GRILLED CHEESE!  Sounds sad, right?  Not at all!  Heirloom tomatoes, fresh mozzarella (from our brand-spankin'-new Trader Joe's!), freshly picked homegrown Basil and some 12 grain bread!  Delicious.  Unfortunately I didn't layer it correctly, so the cheese didn't melt through to hold the sandwich together, but still tasty!

Can't find my camera cord so phone camera
will have to work for now,
doesn't look too bad though...does it?

Next on my to-do list is this skirt (just found Freshly Picked yesterday and I think I'm in love!), also would love to make this for my pens+pencils and maybe a lace shirt similar to this one!