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SSSeptember 2nd

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sss02Here’s what I wore today!  This necklace was refashioned from three other pieces.  The centerpiece was originally a small wall hanging; I added the bail.  The turquiose stones came from an old necklace,and the coral stones came from an even older bracelet that I didn’t wear any more.  Though you can’t see them in this snapshot, there’s is a pair of matching turquoise earrings that I made, as well.  I really like this statement piece!
And just so you know, while trying to take this picture of myself, I realized that I now have a turkey neck with lots of saggy skin  ACK!! When that THAT happen?  Do you know how hard  it is to take a picture of yourself while looking up at the ceiling in order to stretch out your turkey neck?  I took a dozen shots while before I managed to capture just the necklace, and I still cropped out my recently discovered old-lady neck!

Angela Pea

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Sew What – Project Four

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Yes, project Four.  I so totally skipped project Three because a) I do not like pretty pillows, they make me crazy; b) I was up to my eyeballs in the last minute details of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers Annual Meeting and Conference that I was sort-of in charge of organizing; and c) reverse applique freaks me out.  So, I passed and went straight to Project Four.

If you’re wondering what this is all about, I’ve joined my bloggy friend Cynthia from The Sewing Dork, and her friend Michelle from Until Wednesday Calls for Sew What!, a summer sew-along.  Participants pick their fabric and tackle the challenge projects.   The fourth project is to make something to carry something else – a tote. 

I made a set of shopping bags!  Green and responsible, slapped together from stash fabric acquired from WallyWorld last summer when they closed the fabric department and put EVERYTHING on sale for FIFTY CENTS a yard.  I bought bolts of this stuff.  

Love them!  How fancy schmancy with the toile fabric, and they’re lined with a pink striped fabric.  I made a dozen  bags, enough to schlep several weeks worth of groceries from the store to home.  I was trying out my new bias foot for the sewing machine on the handle trim.  It didn’t work as amazingly as I hoped, so I need to unpick and resew the binding.  You can see where the edges are a little wonky if you zoom in.  On second thought, don’t zoom in.  Just admire my thriftiness and super stylish grocery bags.

That spiffy mesh produce bag?  Nope. Didn’t make that.  I also have a dozen of those, but they were a gift from my equally adamant-about-green-living Mom.   

Angela Pea

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Sew What! – Project Two

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I’ve joined my bloggy friend Cynthia from The Sewing Dork, and her friend Michelle from Until Wednesday Calls for Sew What!, a summer sew-along.  Participants pick their fabric and tackle the challenge projects.   The second projects assigned was to make a bag/ purse/ clutch and decorate it with words.

Admittedly, I stretched the definition of “bag” for this project, and turned out a new clothespin bag for the clothesline!  I really needed a new on, as my current one had a big hole in the bottom and was spewing pins all over the lawn. 
As you can see, this is actually an apron, but since its purpose is to hold and carry pins, technically, it’s a bag. Or a very large pocket.  I used the tutorial here at My Byrd House to make this.  The changes I made were to make the back of the bag out of two layers of fabric back-to-back for more stability, and to make bias tape ties instead of a waistband.
As for the word art, I cut out letters on the bias and simply stitched them on with a running stitch in heavy quilters thread.  I’m hoping that they fray a little for some textural interest.
The entire project is made from stash materials – in fact, I used up every smidgen of the funky geometric print!

Angela Pea