Testing....

It's been a strange few weeks...last week I didn't sew at all - we had a garage sale on Saturday and I spent the entire week before sorting stuff to get rid of.

Oh, and I drove to Cincinnati to IKEA one afternoon to get new tables for my sewing room.  The old folding ones were starting to get seriously warped.  Do you know how hard it is to cut straight on a warped surface?

There are a couple of things that I've been testing - the first is a smaller size case for essential oils.  It will be about the size of the medium box pouch, but with built in pockets for the oil bottles.  I'd show a picture of my first attempt - it's really cute, but my pockets were a little small for even the small size of the bottles.  I'm not sure what I measured when I tried that one.

And the second item is kind of a re-make.  When I first started making cell phone cases, all the phones were small.  Not so much any more - so I had all these smaller cases, that are good for some of the small cameras, etc., but really I hadn't sold very many this year.  And I could reclaim my swivel hooks from them rather than buying more right now!

So I spent a couple of hours taking them apart.  Then I attempted to make a new case from the outside fabric of the cases - similar to my small zipper wallet, but instead of the outside zipper section, it will be an ID window.  And I think I'll use a split key ring rather than the swivel hook.

Stay tuned for these items to be available soon!

Happy Sewing!

Susan

New Cases

I've been experimenting with a couple of new cases - I'm not sure what to call them - cosmetic, travel, project?

The styles/sizes were requests based on a case someone had, or a specific use they needed a case for.

The first one ended up a little larger than intended - ok, I read a measurement wrong is all.  So this is for cosmetic, traveling, it zips around the top, has a small handle on the top and pockets around the inside.  It measures 8" x 12" and ended up about 10" tall - it was supposed to be more like 8" tall.  So I'm not sure if it's good or bad that it's bigger.

I put peltex in the top and bottom to help keep it's shape, I didn't put any in the sides and I'm not sure it needs it, although maybe a layer of craft fuse would be ok.  I don't want it to be too stiff, but it might need a little more structure on the sides.

The zipper for this one is a little down from the top, so it actually isn't too hard to maneuver.

The next case is a similar style, it is 8" x 10" and is only 3" tall.  On this one, the zipper is actually in the top of the case,  I had a bit more trouble getting this case to 'finish' the way I wanted, but I think I've figured out what I need to do to correct that.  On this case, I also put the peltex in the top and the bottom, but I also think it's needed in the sides for the smaller case.  So I'll probably test that theory out on the next one.  The purpose of this case will be to hold the essential oil bottles, so there will also be an insert that will hold them with some organization - not just floating around.

I will probably be working with this style case for the next couple of weeks, perfecting it, and possibly writing the pattern for it as well.

I'd love to hear what you think!

Happy Sewing,

Susan