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May 4, 2022
Kathy
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What’s on My Sewing Table This Week:

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Beautiful purple glitter velvet with smooth purple satin. The glitter velvet is a very dark, almost black, purple, with lots and lots of grape purple sparkle glitter. It’s a beautiful fabric with a bit of a nap. I am cutting the fabric so the glitter with catch the light no matter how the finished bag is carried.

The deep purple satin is a heavier weight – thicker – fabric so it can hold up to be used as a purse lining. I’m planning to use gunmetal hardware – rivets and D ring – so the hardware blends in with the fabric, rather than accent the fabric.

Stay tuned for the finished bag!

April 28, 2022
Kathy
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What’s On My Sewing Table: 2

Posted in Peeking Behind the Seam, and Sewing: Finished Bags & Pouches

Two new hobo style bags are on my sewing table. I just finished them this week. The top bag is a luscious peacock blue velvet paired with peacock feather fabric inside. It’s super soft and would be perfect for day to evening.

The 2nd bag is another soft to touch gray leopard print suede hobo bag. The suede is manmade so it can handle a trip outside with no worries about rain drop stains. The inside is coordinating gray cotton with a zipper pocket and a convenient slip pocket for your phone.

Both have the same fabric for their shoulder strap, making the bag comfortable to carry. Magnet snap closure to secure your bag.

You can see in the upper right of the photo a sneak peek of the next bag: purple glitter velvet. These bags will be listed on my shop in the next few days. Enjoy !

March 1, 2022
Kathy
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Sneak Peak Tuesday: Easter Makeup Bags

Posted in Peeking Behind the Seam, and Sewing: Finished Bags & Pouches

These Fun Easter makeup bags are freshly sewn and waiting to be photographed and uploaded on to my sewing shop. I will be loading them this week.

The 3 bags on the left are the last of my yellow glitter Peeps fabric. One is a full size 9 x 7 makeup bag with yellow cotton inside. The 2 smaller bags and Peeps fabric paired with coordinating yellow cotton. They are 5 inches wide and 5.5 inches tall.

Next, is a tiny baby chicks with their eggs. This is a full size – 9 x 7 inches – bag with coordinating yellow interior.

And lastly is the very cool photo realistic jelly bean fabric. It has a hot pink zipper and pink cotton interior. It is also 9 x 7 inches. Look for their listings this week at SibStudioSewing

December 13, 2018
Kathy
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Pantone Color of the Year 2019

Posted in Peeking Behind the Easel, and Peeking Behind the Seam

Pantone Color of the Year 2019 Living Coral & Steve
https://www.pantone.com/color-intelligence/color-of-the-year/color-of-the-year-2019

The newest Pantone color of the year for 2019 was announced a few days ago.  

“Vibrant, yet mellow PANTONE 16-1546 Living Coral embraces us with warmth and nourishment to provide comfort and buoyancy in our continually shifting environment…..Symbolizing our innate need for optimism and joyful pursuits, PANTONE 16-1546 Living Coral embodies our desire for playful expression.”

Coral is a classic match with grays, crisp whites, aqua, turquoise blues and sage greens. I like that coral can be soothing or bright and crisp depending on what other colors it is paired with. 

Coral is a natural match with turquoise  for a summer palette .

Sherwin Williams blends coral with grays, whites, and sage or turquoise green.

I like this coral color.  Expect to see it in spring and summer clothing,  and home accessories.  I will be including it in paintings and sewn accessories this year. 🙂


September 22, 2015
Kathy
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Bloopers: Ironing Lace

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As hard as I try, there are going to be bloopers when creating. When painting, I can often just repaint and move on. When sewing, I look for my seam ripper and start taking it apart to redo.  Once in a while, there is nothing that can be done to save it ….. groan.

A too hot iron wrecks havoc on lace

I had just finished sewing this beautiful antique lace and champagne colored satin lingerie bag. I was giving it the final pressing before photographing it for my shop. Unfortunately, I forgot to turn the iron temperature down …..

melted-lace-1191The hot iron literally melted the lace on to the iron. It is not repairable on this bag.

These bloopers happen to all of us. It’s part of the process and some lessons are learned the hard way. Now I am very careful when pressing lace. – always use a cool iron when pressing lace!!  🙂