About Pleats..

I received message on flickr mail re this bag:  

"MyLittleCeePod says:  You've made those fabulous pleats again! Love em. Did you get the idea from Keyka Lou's blog? Are they hard to make? :"

My response:
No, I didn't see pleats on Keyka Lou's blog...will go right over and check it out.  These are tooooo easy.  Fold & crease fabric, top stitch 1/8 inch from fold, move over a bit and do it again. More like pintucks, I guess.  Also, look at the new linen bag in the eco set...I made pleats at random and really liked the effect.   I put the the piece right side down to square up and saw what the back side of a pleated piece of fabric looked like.  Totally different effect.  Since this is a linen-cotton blend both sides are the same, and voila....I have a new look.

The Gathered Clutch....and a few more..

Love it...here it is finished.  The pattern that Noodlehead shared.

Also....since I am trending toward a bit of organic, natural and sustainable in my shop, I have ordered some lovely linens and hemp.  I already have bamboo fabrics, so I guess I just have to get sewing.  The other day I put this one together for my shop.  It is hand printed (stamped) linen from Australia.

This little one, I will probably

keep for myself,  but not sure....

This fabric is from Japan.  A lovely, medium-weight linen.    It was along one of the selvages, just little phrases that were so charming, I used it for the strap.

Also, in the clutch department

....this one was just listed on SquareBag.   Pattern from Keyka Lou .  I would suggest you check out her blog if you are into making bags. Lots of great patterns that you can use to make bags to sell. 

It's Week 3

This is week 3 of the "Sew Spoiled Weekender Tote Sew Along"... how about SSSA for short?  There are 57 of us in a Flickr Group  started by Leah over at Sew Spoiled (how did you guess).

Ok,  I put together my outer pieces and all, so here are some photos of my progress:

Sewing the front pieces together and topstitched.  Pressing on a ton of interfacing....Ok....front pleat opened up . Then the scariest part of all...cutting away so much of the bag using the pleat template.  Here is where a lot of us just stopped.  I zoomed over to the Flickr group and found I was not the only one.  Leah posted in and said  all was well and to go for it. 

                                              

             

I did, and now I am ready for Week 4......

Peek-A-Boo Pleats Shoulder Bag Just Listed Today

New listing at  Square Bag Shoppe !!!!  Check out the pleats and  surprise stripy peek-a-boos.