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    Suede pouch

    September 23, 2010 - By 

    I am very behind here in blogland…


    Last Saturday evening I made this suede pouch to hang from my belt at the Renaissance Festival the next day.

    I had already sewn a backpack but with the temperatures sounding on the cool side I figured I’d be wearing a shawl over my costume. If I had a backpack on I’d be sporting a “hunchback of Notre Dame” look.


    So a belt pouch was in order….

    I had a magnetic purse closure in my sewing basket so that worked out very well.  I used a scrap of suede to cover the ugly metal backing.

    We had a good time with the kids at the festival. Such a different experience than going with another couple.

    ***I once again have to apologize for the poorly lit photos. Seems every time I want to photograph something it’s raining!!***

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    Suede backpack

    September 15, 2010 - By 

    You may remember a while back I used a suede jacket to make a book.  I still had lots of suede left waiting for inspiration to strike.

    As the old saying goes…Necessity is the mother of invention….

    I needed a bag of some sort to carry at the Renaissance Festival this weekend that would look a bit more like a bag from that period.  After seeing the crazy expensive prices of the beautiful tooled leather belt pouches I knew I needed to come up with my own design.  I’d already spent too much on my new bodice… Did I mention how much we love the Renaissance Festival!!

    I must apologize for the poorly lit photos…it is a very dark and rainy day here but I just couldn’t wait any longer to share…

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    August Dress

    August 1, 2010 - By 

    Wowsers…August snuck up on me. I had to quickly whip up this dress so I wouldn’t fall behind the rest of the Dress-up project participants.

    I call it the Summer of Love sundress.
    The fabric was scavenged from a pair of pants my son wore many, many years ago. I had fun drawing on the fabric with markers before sewing.

    I was going to make a mini replica of my flag twirler outfit from high school but decided that would be just too difficult to figure out on the fly. Maybe I’ll make it for October…like homecoming. My junior year when I was a flag twirler was my best year of high school…so many good memories. Hard to believe my 20yr reunion was just last week! Although, I skipped it. 🙂

    Don’t forget to check out all the other August Dresses over at the Alice and Camilla blog.