Productive Day in the studio - new bag design on vintage fabrics.

The lovely weather is continuing - not - lovely for ducks perhaps. With the grey skies looming overhead with the threat of yet more heavy rain I decided to shut myself away with my stereo and my sewing machine in my studio.

I designed another easy bag on my very useful plastic coated publicity material, lit the fire and started cutting away.

I finished sewing up the bag I started the other day, finished it with some wooden beads,

 then used the same vintage 70s cotton to make up another bag in my new design with some hand crocheted flowers to add a bit of detailing, then had a go at another nautical themed bag in the same design.

 Very pleased with the way these have turned out, and also how my new design works, only two pieces, a round bottom, then a single cut of material to form the tube body of the bag, then this pattern piece is folded in half and creates the template for the handle.

Very productive day.

Best laid plans

The other day when I was feeling inspired but not motivated, I drew up some plans for some wardrobe refashions ready for this little holiday, which I intended to spend locked in my studio.

As it happens I only spent today in there, and only finished one of my plans.

I started on this vibrant pink top refashion, combining a stretch vest top in large scale floral print, with this ruffled top in small rose florals, but then found that in amongst all of my bits and bobs, I had no black ribbon with which to finish my design.

So this top unfortunately has to go on the back burner until I either make some crochet black ribbon or find some relatively inexpensively next time I go to our local city for a shopping trip.