Secret Project

Something new that I've been working on. I can't reveal it just yet until I've made it perfect but I'll give you a sneak peek.

I hope everything will turn out great!

Any ideas what this may be?

GUESS!

Ho-Ho-Ho_Back Again!

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! Mine included mainly eating -A LOT!- with family and friends but also I had the time to relax and create a thing of two. So, here is what I've made.

I had around a tutorial for a Boxy Cosmetic Bag but -as ALWAYS!- I can't follow the step by step instructions as they are, I have to experiment a little! hahaha The truth is that I haven't had a long zipper, so I thought that if I would change A LITTLE the measurements then it would fit the one I had around. I've made a mess! I've put the zipper on the wrong side, the measurements were in inches, I arbitrarily changed them into centimeters and... a whole new bag was born! hahaha

It looked like that

When it supposed to look like this

Then I figured... what if I would fold it in half
and maybe put a decorated elastic band to hold it?

And a whole different idea was born!

A cosmetic bag with two pockets.

Cool, huh?

The second one that I've made was based on a tutorial for a Make Up Bag. Again, I've made my changes. Since I didn't have the printed pattern, I've sketched one free handed on my own. I didn't use any fabric or any other for the inside lining, just the plastic fabric that I've used before.

My Bag ended up like this

When it supposed to look like this

 A little close up

Well, aren't these two bags represent the phrase

"take this tutorial to the next level"? - hahaha

I'm thinking of making more of those. 

What do you think?

Oilcloth Bag & Wallet

I think I'm getting better at sewing, or maybe oilcloth is a very forgiving material and I couldn't go THAT wrong! Yesterday I tried to make a tote bag out of an oilcloth that I've found with a cute pattern (or at least something that didn't seem so much like a table cloth). For once more... I didn't measure, well... I measured but only in the beginning, just to have my two first pieces even, after that I "went with the flow"! hahahaha

Yes, I know, I'm impossible!

That's why I'll never be good at sewing!

This was the Tote Bag that I had in mind.

I remembered that I've seen it but I didn't have the tutorial in my hands, so I improvised! How difficult could that be?! Well, all I can say is that at least I ended up with something that is decent and not a disaster... AGAIN! I started sewing, the pieces turned out smaller that I expected so I cut the whole thing in half and made something that "looked like a wallet", with many flaws if I may add

I made the flaws seem

like they were on purpose

and with the second part which included the hemming of the oilcloth (I think that's why it wasn't a total disaster after all) I've made a small tote bag.

I also made a flower with some pieces of oilcloth and put it on the bag with a brad.

They are cute, don't you think?