Sadie

I made this from a pattern in a book, Steampunk Softies. I named her Sadie after my great aunt who was one of the first police women in Indianapolis.

Tablet Sleeve

Found this cool pattern online at Sew4Home. It's a sleeve for your tablet - I have a Kindle. Then I realized that with a little downsizing of my purse contents, everything fits in this bag. It has a roomy central zippered compartment, a side zippered compartment and an open side pocket.

I had all the fabrics, zippers, D-ring and interfacing in my stash - note my earlier trapper hat made with the same flowered fabric. Zipper pulls are made from polymer clay.

Small Purse

I needed a smaller purse to carry just essentials - it measures about 8x9 inches. I used all fabrics and notions from my stash. The handles and flaps are actually black - not sure what happened with the photo.

Front & Back

Trapper Hat

I wish I could link to the book where I got this pattern, but I returned the book to the library and have totally forgotten the name. But I will look for it when I'm at the library next so I can give the author credit. The pattern called for faux fur on the inside, but I made mine with thick fleece. This will be perfect for snow shoveling, not that I look forward to any of that this year!

Art catch-up

Latest growler bags - made with upholstery fabric

I've been sewing infinity scarves for Christmas presents

This one is mine

My mother is nearly finished quilting my Dresden plate quilt

Here are the blocks early on before being sewn together

I had some hoarded dominoes 

I glued them together to make coasters!

The holder is paper-mâché

Birds for Sale

I completed my 12 small Christmas birds and they are packed in a shipping container for traveling.

I also made another dark bird to take to the sale along with five other birds that are needing new homes.

Please come to the twelfth annual Indy Cloth Dollmakers show and sale at the Irvington branch library from 10AM till 5PM on Nov 22nd.

Birds and Bag

The Christmas birds are coming along. I have eight completed and four more cut out.

I'm also try to make some more growler coolers to sell. Here's one made with cute skull fabric. I tried out clear vinyl on the inside of this one and it was easier to sew than the tablecloth vinyl.