christmas 2007 gift making

April 22nd, 2008

Wow, wee! This is old news, especially for those of you who received one of these bags– but there are some people who have not seen my sewing marathon and have been asking to. These are pretty much my first sewing projects ever. My actual first bag never got photographed before I washed it and it fell apart! I was very bummed, but on the up side I learned a lot about linen and what not to do. The pleated bags for Sheri and my Mom came from the sewing book I learned how to sew out of, Bend-the-Rules Sewing, which my dear Lori gifted to me for my birthday last year. I gobbled the book up as soon as I opened it and have done many other projects since.

I recommend this book as a great first book for beginner sewers, but I can not speak for the advanced lot of you as I am far from that; however, please check out the Bend-the-Rules Sewing errant page before starting a project! Trust me, it is frustrating to be 100% sure that you are doing something correctly and still have it not come out right at 1am, only to find out after much cursing, fist pounding, and loads of disappointment that you are NOT crazy and there truly was something wrong with the pattern or given measurements, honest!

NOTE: Sometimes the bottom photo feed breaks from flickr, I’m working on it, but in the mean time check them out here.

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4 Responses to “christmas 2007 gift making”

Comment by sandrar
September 10, 2009 5:58am

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Comment by Emily
September 10, 2009 7:26am

Thank you very much, Sandra! I am glad that you found something you like!
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September 10, 2009 9:13am

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Comment by Emily
September 10, 2009 9:47am

Thanks!

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