JM401 - Round Shoulder Bag

This pretty round bag comes in two sizes, and both sit nicely on your shoulder. The darts make it roomy, but there's an inside pocket to keep your necessities close at hand. The top flaps are held closed with a magnetic snap.

This intermediate sewing pattern includes 5 pages of illustrated instructions and full-sized computer-generated pattern pieces that you can print at home.


You can buy the pattern on my website as an instant download, or on Etsy if you prefer.

I've been experimenting with printing fabrics (up next - screen printing) and here's the first repeated pattern I've completed.

It takes a good amount of pressure and ink, but I really like the finished result.
I made the repeated pattern into a sort of puzzle piece and mounted it onto plexiglass so that it would be easier to line up the repeated pattern. As you can see, I'm still pretty new to this and am not very good at printing without seams.



But I think it looks fantastic made up into wallets!

I finally got around to making a dress from the Built By Wendy pattern #3964 and I love it!

This is my second attempt (here's the first) at the pattern and I am very pleased with the final result. I used a lovely blue cotton stretch jersey, which was interesting to sew with since I usually work with woven fabrics, but with my serger, it was pretty easy to finish.

I didn't really follow the instructions for the last half of the dress and I finished whatever I could with my serger. I finished the binding around the neck and sleeves with my serger, folded under and top stitched. I also left off the 'wing' sleeve which made me look ridiculous, and made the shoulders narrower. And I left off the tie on the back, which I found just got untied all the time and put in a hook/eye type closure. It really just pulls over the top of my head and I could have left out the closure all together.

I love love love to wear this dress, as shown by my posing above... but I hate modelling clothes for photographs. I don't even want to admit how many photos it took for me to get something I was happy with!

I've just finished this tutorial on how to sew your own reusable shopping totes from pillowcases. They roll up and snap together for convenient storage and travel. They're also fully lined and machine washable.

All you need is a pretty pillowcase, a few tools and some time.
(tutorial link)

I've been working on an update to my original Jordy Bag pattern at craftster.org for quite some time now.. and it's finally finished!

The Jordy Bag illustrated tutorial takes you through all the steps to create your own fully lined, square bottomed tote bag.

Check it out!