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I want to wish everyone a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR! I wish you all the joy and happiness you all deserve and I hope that the coming year is a prosperous one!
God Bless!
I wrote this post for my other blog All My Eggs. But I thought that I would share some of it with you here today.
I think that it is important to have a space to be creative. It’s a
great outlet and stress reliever. I have sewn and done crafts for
years, and most of that time I have had to use the kitchen table, or
anywhere I could put up my sewing machine. I am fortunate enough to now
have my own little corner, which is in my bedroom.
Here’s a peek:
I know, there’s a lot in one space! I have a tendency to stuff as much into one little space as I can. But I love this space! I’m showing it to you because I have used some of my frugal skills to create it.
The sewing table is one of my favorite finds! I got this table from the thrift store, I just re-painted the legs and skirt with an off-white, to soften the bright white look. The chair I have had for years. It can use some cleaning up. It is an old oak soda fountain chair, I found it at a garage sale.
My board on the wall is just an old cork board, which I covered with batting and stapled on fabric. I use
it to hold some ideas on projects, and some pictures of family. My storage consists of bins that I bought at the hardware store, and labeled with a label maker. I also have some tins that I have collected from various places, and baskets as well. Any of those items can be found at the thrift store or garage sales.
In the right side of the picture is a bookcase I have next to my table, which hold most of my sewing book as well as tins with trims in them, and jars with other craft items like bells, and buttons. I also utilize the space under the table, to store craft items and some patterns in organizers and baskets.
If you can find a corner, make yourself a place to sew or craft. It doesn’t have to be expensive, just think outside the box!
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Now that the Christmas holiday is over, I am trying to finish some of my sewing projects. Here are some pictures of what I was working on this weekend:
Here is a picture of my cat Sweepea, laying on her kitty tunnel! Now I know it is suppose to be a tunnel, but she likes it for a bed! The tunnel is lined in chenille, and the outside is a decorator fabric. There is a drawstring on one end. I needed it to be washable! In front of her is a catnip ball (more like a triangle) which she also likes to lay on!
These are a couple of jointed bears for the tree. I still need to do their eyes, but I am going to put them away and do that part next year. I just wanted to get them off my sewing table.
This is a cosmetic bag that I made of vintage floral fabric I had. I really need the practice sewing in the zippers! Anyhow, I am trying to find a way to make them without raw seams inside. This one came out pretty good, I used a fusible stabilizer on the interfacing, which worked great giving it just enough body.
And I made this one:
This bag is made from Laurel Burch cat fabric. I used a Simplicity pattern, and even though it is lined, the light weight fabric needs to be interfaced. I didn't do that. And inside the seams on the ends show, and I'd prefer if they were hidden between the lining and the outside. This style is new to me, so I will be working on how to be successful at hiding the inside seams. But the zipper wasn't too bad.
I'm glad to be moving forward on finishing these small projects. It's kind of liberating! And I am making progress on learning new techniques and improving some sewing skills (like those zippers I avoid)!
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