Teardrops of Joy

Teardrops

Curated By: kathisewnsew

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Red and Gray Splendor

A gorgeous collection of red and gray handmade items

Red and Gray Splendor

Curated By: kathisewnsew

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The Holiday Season is in the Air

I love working with cotton fabric because first usually it is cleanable, it can be manipulated to take other forms,  and the variety of style, print, weight, color, cost and so much more.  I put this collection together to show the versatility of cotton.  Please check it out, see some of my fellow artisans studios.  Well, here it is

Cotton, the fabri...

Curated By: kathisewnsew

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Unique Gifts

Market Bags, Reusable Grocery Tote, Fabric Shopping Bags

I have never seen one of these flowers in this yummy butter yellow color, I love these colors together, yellow & pink, so very spring.  I found this lovely flower on saturday morning on the banister waiting for me to see it.  I've had this plant 2 or 3 years and this is the first time its bloomed since I've had it.


Here is something I made for myself, its a market bag, grocery tote, reusable grocery bag.  I made it using a pretty ladybug and flowers cotton fabric, I love the ladybugs.  I wanted to make some purses with this fabric, but I'm not going to be able to because on the edge of the fabric it said License is required for any use beyond individual consumption.  That makes me a bit nervous so I will only make things for myself or gifts for friends & family with this fabric.  So, lucky for me I love the ladybugs, I made me this grocery tote, I'll make a few mousepads one for me and a couple to pass out for gifts when needed, and maybe to line a purse for myself.  It will not go to waste.

So I'll use it this weekend when I go shopping, that will be the true test to see if I made it strong enough for groceries.  I took alot of pictures while making it so if it turns out to be a good market bag I'll put up instructions to make them.
Heres a sneak peek at what I'm working on now:

Cute summer flip flop sandals will make a cute little charmer wristlet. Time to get ready summer is around the corner.

Transforming ~ Hawaiian Floral Bag

I haven't posted anything in a while.  I'm trying to get an idea for how I'm doing this (this blog) and it just bores me to tears.  This is what I've come up with to try, every 2 or 3 days I will make a brief post (if I have a good topic it will be longer) and pics of the current project.  Now I have to say this, I am not a photographer and   I am not a writer.  So, if my pictures are a little blurry or I make a lot of grammatical errors I'm sorry, just look at my work.  I know how to sew, I am creative, I love to create, and I like to sell my pieces to people who will love them for years to come (I hope at least).  So this is what I've been creating lately.  I have taken another one of my purses that is all ready made and I am tranforming it into something better.

This is my Hawaiian floral bag / purse / tote (I made this bag last year and I have had it up for sale at my Artfire studio ) as it was:

 I am adding ruffles to it.

Those ar the strips that will be turned into nice flirty ruffles.

and here I am working on hand sewing the second row of ruffles

so, I will finish sewing this row on and then make one more ruffle and hand sew it on.  Then I will handsew each ruffle one more time, this will help so it doesn't pull off.  I always try my best to make sure my purses and sewn items are sewn securely so that they don't fall apart. My purses are made to last.  Back to work.