fall projects

The sewing has been non-stop lately. Right now I have a pair of jeans I need to hem, a hemmed pair of jeans I need to fix, and a pile of purses waiting to be sewn. Here are two projects I finished recently for gifts. The top project will look a little familiar since I've previously made two.

I hand stitched the ric-rac carefully.

The finished bag

I made a little bag for etsy out of the extra material.

I finally made my way to Whipstitch in Atlanta.  I bought City Weekend (Moda) and Metro Cafe (Robert Kaufman) to make a reversible apron for a friend's wedding gift.  She loves tea and coffee, and she's very girly.  I wanted to incorporate both ideas so that she may use the apron for multiple occasions. 

I modified a pattern from this book.

I used an embroidery stitch on the pockets.  It worked out to align the pattern perfectly for the teacup pattern.  I wish I had thought of that when I was cutting out the rest of the fabric.  I rarely work with this sort of fabric.

This is showing you that it's reversible.