Liberty pouch and mirror

Here is the pouch which I made with beautiful Liberty print fabric and Linen.
As everyone know, the liberty fabric costs more than regular one.
Therefore, I couldn't waste any of these!
I pieced them together to make a cosmetic pouch.
It took me all day to make a pouch. I am very happy how it turned out.

This photo shows the other side.
Floral print make you feel little spring?

I added 3 cotton laces for accent.

The size is 8"x 6"x 2.5".  It is large enough to use for travel pouch.


Here is one more item made from Liberty fabric.

I made a pocket mirror. I had ten mirror supplies, however this one is the last.
I used one of my favorite print. This is pink/brown/plum color?

with small drawstring pouch!

Both of them are available in my Etsy shop. Please take a look. :)



I purchased these two mustard yellow fabric today.
I already feel like spring. can't wait to make something from these.

Thank you for stopping by.
have a great weekend!

oil cloth tote & pouches

oil cloth tote

I made my new tote bag from oil cloth.
I had to challenge a few technique. I still need to practice to finish completely.

I added the zipper and pocket.

I purchased this beautiful flower oil cloth in Japan a few years ago.
I just store it in fold... so you can see the wrinkles. I could not remove them..
Never store the oil cloth in fold. This is one of things what I learned.

However I used the larger size needle, some part is still difficult to sew!!
I thought my machine was going to be broken.

Here is the part which I couldn't sew. So I skipped the stitch on the zipper area.
My machine doesn't have a power, so I am not sure if I can make the tote in this design in the future.

I had this fabric about 50cm. (little longer than half yard)
I could make two other pouches from left over.

I love these two pouches, especially larger size!
The size 8"x 5.5"x 2.5".  2.5" deep gave the pouch really roomy.
I should try to make the pouch in this size for my shop in the future.
Also, I used almost all fabric from this project which makes me feel good!

This medium size tote is also made from oil cloth.
Actually I made this one first. I did not notice when I was making, however this oil cloth (matt finish) is thicker than the flower print. Which means it is tough to sew on the ticker part...

I finally finished to make the tote, but not perfectly. This is for my son, probably lessen tote someday?

I think oil cloth is very useful fabric. I want to learn more how to use it!

pink patchwork pillow cover

16" pillow case

I finished new pillow cover!  It came out so pretty.... Oh so sweet!! >o<
The finished size is 16"x16". I quilted the top and back is envelope closer.

This pillow cover will be the gift to my friend's daughter for her 3rd birthday. :)

 I'd like to make another one with different color combination.
If you want me to make yours, I am happy to make custom cover!

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Anyways, I purchased new PC for me!! Yey!
My old one is 7 years old. It worked very well, however the capacity became full even I moved a lot of dates to other drive.
This is my first time to buy the PC in USA. I can read and type Japanese, but the os is English.
I still need to practice how to use it.
I feel I became old, because I need a time to get to used to it. Probably I think too much.
 My son, 4 years old, he learns more faster than me to new computer!!

square square

I spent  my time to make new patchwork project.

This one is made from pink/red/cream fabric combination. lovely?
Each square is 2.75" including seam. I am going to finish this into 16" pillow cover.

In contrast to the above, this patchwork is no color rules. However they are all japanese fabric.
I have a lot of small piece of Japanese fabric. Most of them, I used to make child purse, zipper pouch and crayon rolls.
I cut 2.5" and  pieced them randomly.
I do not decide what I am going to make yet.

Both of patchwork is going to be a gift to my friends.

I will upload the finished project in another time!
Thank you for stopping by. Have a great weekend!

2012!

Hello everyone. It is already Jan. 9!! Happy New Year.
I had wonderful time with my family and friends. How about you?

This is the traditional Japanese new year's foods. My friend prepared everything for us.
Thank you.

My son's school started Jan 3. When I picked him up on Friday, he didn't seem well.
Yes... He got a flu.
He started to have fever and bad cough in the afternoon. We both couldn't sleep well at night because of his coughing. It was long weekend.
Fortunately, he looks better this morning! I still have fever slightly, but not coughing anymore.

It is hard to see the little boy is suffering the sick.
I hope he will back to school soon.

Take care Everyone!