Foray into Elastic

Natalie contacted my through my Etsy shop she loved my colored pencil rolls and wanted a version that could hold a bunch of make-up brushes. Since I didn’t have the make-up brushes in hand I decided I should use elastic in the pockets to make sure they all fit.

I’ve never actually sewn with elastic. Am I nuts? Sometimes. Aren’t we all. Did you know it’s a pain? Well, it is. All of that stretching. It doesn’t help that I don’t have a knee lift or needle down setting on my machine, those would have helped.

I had no idea how to judge the elastic to fabric ratio so I kinda did a little educated guessing. As a result, the first one or two the elastic was a tad smaller than it should be. So, they don’t really totally flat. I hope Natalie doesn’t mind a couple that are less than perfect.

I have to say the last ones really turned out great. I love the fabrics she choose. She picked the background fabrics and let me have free rein on the pocket fabrics. I secretly wanted to keep a few of them for myself.

Like this one.

And this one.

Oh, and this one.

I hope Natalie’s friends love their thoughtful holiday gifts. Lucky girls if I do say so myself!

I sent this cute little ornament away with the make-up rolls just for Natalie. These are a fun hand sewn project that I like to take on car rides with me.

After all of those make-up brush rolls I whipped up these two goodies.

A friend of mine asked me to make a graffiti themed roll for markers. They are a gift for a boy who loves the ART of graffiti. Don’t worry, he won’t be defacing property with this in his hand. He is a strictly paper kind of kid.

This round I added elastic closure because the way I figure, boys aren’t much for ribbons.

I decided he also needed a pencil/pen roll, maybe to take to school. I think they are super cool.

After all of these beauties I think I’m pretty confident with elastic.

More roll-y photos in my flickr photostream. 🙂

ps I won a giveaway!! I am beyond excited and I can’t wait to share it with you. Stay tuned!

The Cutting Table

This is what my cutting table looks like right now…

Fabric everywhere, mini-skirts that will turn into pockets. Soon this mess with magically turn into make-up brush rolls for a fab Etsy shopper (the colored pencil roll re-invented). They are looking great & I want to make myself one, but I have too many things on the ‘to do list’. I must resist.

New Fabric

Last weekend BF and I were a little late to the birthday BBQ. When it comes to personal things I am always late, work and professional stuff is a totally different story. (I really don’t like being on time if I will only know one or two people.) I don’t know why I rebel against being on time when it comes to my friends and loved ones. Maybe I secretly know that they love me already and they’ll deal with my rudeness even if they hate it. Horrible of me, I know. We were late because I took my sweet time getting ready, hoping the mail woman would come before we left with a package full of goodies for me. Guess what?! She did! New fabric from eQuilter.

I like that eQuilter has a pretty good selection of fabrics that are my style and I love that they donate money to charities with every purchase, but I hate that they make money off of the shipping costs. Listen eQuilter, I know how much a flat rate USPS envelope costs to ship; it’s $4.95, not the $7.50 you charged me! That’s $2.55 that you make on shipping and I don’t think that’s right. I would much rather pay a few cents more per yard than to know that you are making money off of the shipping. Okay, that’s off my chest. ::End Rant:: PS If you would like to see some of the fabrics I have my eye on in their shop my wish list is public. Just enter my email address: urbancrunchies at gmail dot com.

I know you are patiently waiting to see the goods so, this is what I got. (From top to bottom in the above iPhone photo taken in the car.) Lots of photos as usual.

Midwest Modern 2 Martini in Blush from Amy Butler

Gothic Arch in Pink from Patty Young for Michael Miller which I’ve already lined this cute canvas bag with. (Michael Miller Fabrics has a bunch of really cute stuff, check it out if you haven’t seen it.)