Suede straps

Made these suede straps on a whim. The suede was meant for braided cuffs but I took some and trimmed it and made into these straps. In the past, the detachable straps I've made were always from the same fabric as the main body. This suede strap is therefore a stark contrast. I like it anyway :-)

All have a swivel hook to attach to any pouch that has a D-ring.

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Dizzying stripes

Two denim totes for DD and me. DS doesn't like stripes.

These are large enough to put A4 files in and with the many pockets (2 large ones in front, 2 large ones back, panel inside), we can carry many stuff around. DD prefer to carry hers without the detachable strap. I prefer mine attached 'cos sometimes I use the over the shoulder straps, sometimes I use the longer one.

I think I'll make more of these if I can find the right thick fabric - canvas or denim. I wonder if oxford will work as well?

Some other design considerations:

flap covers for the outside pockets with the snaps on the flaps

swivel hook on the inside to snap on key rings

zipper pocket

shorter handles for handcarry

zipper closure for main body

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What's your favourite colour?

I like yellow, DS likes red and DD likes green.

I paired this yellow canvas with a brown one so that the dirt doesn't show up so easily when placed on the floor. There are two big pockets in front and two at the back. One panel of pockets inside means lots of compartments to put all your stuff :-)

I was a bit hesitant to use silver rivets and snaps 'cos I thought brass ones would be nicer but I only had silver hardware for the strap so that determined the colour. Turned out rather well, IMHO. :-)

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Playing with colours

Orange isn't a colour I use often but it's pretty too. Not as commonly requested as green or purple or even blue. I'm not sure how to match it but it looks pretty cool with the greens and blues. 

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Heavy metal

Just wanted to share this picture. Perhaps it might just cheer you up like it does to me. :-) I think I'll be happier when there're lesser of these. Maybe I should set myself a target to finish using these by end of ... 2012?

What would you like me to make for you?

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Bluish green or greenish blue?

More wristlets for Tiffany's Shoppe.

I cut these out more than a month ago, maybe 2 months. They've been lying in the sewing basket for a while, waiting for the sewing bug to bite. They're from a series that I bought from US, made from super combed cotton that's grown in US. I added just a bit of batting to this so that the smoothness and the puffiness of the batting makes this a fine little pillow, LOL!

Lots more along the way and yes, I'll get back to orders soon. Sorry for the delay and thanks for your patience!

Get these and more at 25% off  at Tiffany's Shoppe tomorrow only. Ditto Tobias' Shoppe.

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I think I have a giraffe's neck

Hong Kong is so near, yet so far. I say this because my orders of antique brass double cap rivets have yet to arrive though I placed the order early this month. Korea's farther yet it takes less than a week. Even US shipments from the Borderlinx warehouse takes less than a week. I've been checking and checking the mailbox but *sigh* no rivets.

These are tissue zipper pouches. Japanese and Korean linen exterior machine quilted for added interest. The tea-coloured ones look like linen too, but are made from cotton. I used YKK 12cm metal zips for these and I think I'll use in future vs the 5" zips 'cos these are a better fit. Not only that, these zips have interchangeable zipper pulls so I can attach zipper pulls that look like charms. Can you tell the 4 different types that I have?

The thing is, these are all lacking the rivets on the straps. I can sew but the rivet makes it a more polished look, no? Let's see how long the rivets will take to come. I hope they come this week before I get a sore neck from looking out for them for so long.

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I've been busy, how about you?

Yup, the camera's back in action. I wasn't lazing around either. Been working on these....

brightly-coloured wristlets. More in the pipeline!

Three clutches / laptop bags for the fun of it. I enjoyed the freehand quilted. Almost everything I do is freehand anyway, LOL, but it was fun trying to sew uniform lines. These have extra thick batting that I was quilting on. DD used a similar for school and her friends thought she brought a laptop to school. That was what gave me the idea. Well, whether you use it for books / files / laptop / tablet or even a pillow, I hope you like it.

Listed all of these in Tiffany's Shoppe.

Get them at 25% off only on 29Feb2012!

What were you doing at 6am today?

What time do you wake up? The alarm on my phone wakes me up earlier than the time I set because my phone has gained time over the past few months. I now wake up 7 mins earlier :-)

This morning, I woke up with this idea in my head. I just grabbed 'remnant' straps that I had on my sewing table, metal snaps and a rivet. Easy peasy design which took me a while because (1) I couldn't find the metal snap caps and (2) the straps were too thick and I spent more time pushing the spikes through than banging the metal pieces together.

I took DS' earpiece to 'model' my cable organizer and asked for their opinions. DS looked up from the newspaper and said 'OK'. His 'OK' runs the gamut from 'acceptable' to 'any answer as long as there's an answer', which is basically no answer to me. DD piped in with a 'can I have that in green?' *roll eyes*

Anyway, this was a quick fun thing to do and I'm off to the rest of a wonderful day!

Have a blessed day too :-)

Brights vs florals vs neutrals

I can't decide which type I like best, brights, florals or neutrals. There are also polka dots and cartoon/character designs and such. So many varieties out there, so tempting :-) Ditto that for purse hardware too. I'm using shiny silver and antique brass.

All of these are zipper pouches for hand-sewing to close the gap where I turn it proper way out after sewing. Won't say more....lots to sew today :-)

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New goal

I've given myself a new goal / challenge, to sew as many items as I can without buying anything new, unless there are specific requests. It was supposed to be a smaller challenge which was to see how many items I can make out of 1 yard of fabric, but it's OK, I have lots of fabric. I have lots of really pretty fabric like these too! It'll be lots of fun and I'll list them in Tiffany's Shoppe when I'm done.

I'll be sewing this weekend, what will you be doing?

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ps: I realised after I took this picture that there are 7 colours. Not quite the rainbow colours but still as pretty. I like candy brights!

My treat

Made this for myself last night. On a whim again :-) I wanted something small with a wrist strap, for keeping the cash at the KKH bazaar. I'm not a waistpouch person though I might consider a cross-body sling bag the next round. This one has a pocket for Daffy and cards and a zippered compartment for the cash. A flap keeps everything from falling out. I didn't use batting, only light interfacing but it's quite sturdy and can stand on its own. I riveted the strap again. I'm thinking of riveting straps from now. I like that it's a simple design, functional and easy to apply.

Thank you all who dropped by the Little Statement stall at the KKH bazaar today. We had a wonderful time :-)

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Experimenting

I've been experimenting different ways of sewing the same thing recently and came up with these two. They're fun to make and I think I might just make a whole series of green pouches of this design. I like the rivet on the wrist strap too, looks much neater than a line sewn across, and to think that I kept these rivets for more than a year without using them. Good quality, since they're still shiny and didn't rust. :-)

Want to hazard a guess how many predominantly green fabric I have? LOL!

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Cushioned comfort

DD asked me if Kingston is a good brand. I have no idea. I've kind of lost touch with staying in the know for  technology. My knowledge of Kingston is that it has RAM as well and that it's been around for a while. As long as it works as it should, no?

Anyway, made this portable HDD pouch on a whim. I basically took the HDD and some scrap fabric and winged it from there. Estimation was done by placing the HDD on the fabric and cutting a rough margin. Ditto that for the flap (which I didn't know if it would reach the pocket) and ditto that for the pocket which was made from the remainder of the scrap fabric. I had lots of microfibre too but in ivory. I like how the colours come together, by the way :-) I riveted the wrist strap for a more 'finished' look.

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