take 2

I like this one a whole lot

I added an extra layer of fabric and interfacing

to the upper outer pieces

on top of all the other changes I planned to make

The picture really doesn't do it justice.

I have to say

this is my most professional looking piece

ever

Ton' says part of that is because it's (partly) designer fabric.

I'd actually forgotten I ordered it.

I saw a purse

well over a year ago

on some blog (no clue which one!)

and I really liked the style and I'd ordered

a tiny bit of the teal plume and some fortune zinnia

to make one kinda like it.

I was hoping that the oranges would go well together.

They were, after all, both by Anna Maria Horner

so it was a logical thing to hope for.

They didn't.

But

I have about 1/3 of a yard of that gorgeous Good Folks fabric

still sitting in my cabinet.

While the size of this one will work great for me

- with plenty of room for my huge wallet -

I think it may be a bit big for young ladies.

Sooo

I think somewhere between 25% bigger

and the original ought to be just perfect.

back to the drawing board

Well

I finally made my first buttercup bag.

I really like it

but

as I suspected

the purse is just not quite big enough

to be practical.

I was going to enlarge it from the get-go

but decided

really

I should just makeup the pattern as is...

no changes.

Which I did.

Mostly.

I went ahead and added interfacing to the lining

and made the pocket a bit bigger, too.

I think

besides enlarging the pattern

I'll also add stabilizer to the strap

and make it a few inches longer

while I'm at it.

This was going to be part of a graduation gift

for a sweet young gal;

her momma helped me pick out the fabric.

I'm glad she did

'cause these weren't any that I'd had in mind.

I do love the fabric combo

but

it was ridiculously hard to find anything

that even remotely went with that green.

Oddly enough

I followed the directions to-the-letter

on this wallet, too.

For real!

I'm pleased with it

but

it took me way too long to make.

~

Sadly, the wallet is just too big for the purse

so it's back to the drawing board

or, rather

the cutting mat...

Good thing I bought more fabric than I thought I'd need!

branching out

After this post

and this one,

which quickly followed this one

which came right after this one

and not too terribly long after this one

(and I didn't even mention

that I'd made Aiden's hat and the girl's outfits here...)

it was starting to feel like

the family blog

was turning into a

'look - what - I - made' blog

so we decided to

come over here

so I could have a place

- well -

to say,

"Look what I made!"

and not feel like I was totally bragging about it.

I mean

I am bragging, but somehow

here, it's okay.

~

speaking of...

I've forayed into lingerie.

Is it lingerie if it's size 3T?

Probably not....

anyways.

Lily has been doing super with the potty lately

- all pretty-much self-initiated -

which makes it so easy.

Being comfort minded like her momma, though,

she usually chose to wear a diaper instead of panties,

'cause the elastic bothered her.

So

I took a pair of leggins that were way too short

and turned them into 2 pairs of panties.

The first pair

I simply cut off sorta boxer brief style.

I know.

ugly

but comfortable.

Then with the remaining legs

and some plush FOE

I whipped up another pair

complete with a white cotton crotch panel

(swiped from one of Papa's old t-shirts)

~

so many old clothes

so little time