Last week, I made a lovely purse as a commission (so you won’t see it on my Etsy site). I turned it over to the buyer, but I got some pics first and am including them below!

You can’t see it here, but the purse is lined with a light purple. The handles are faux bamboo. It’s also got an inner pocket for all those things a girl might not want free-floating in her purse. It’s going to be a Christmas gift and I really hope the recipient likes it. I developed the pattern myself based on a picture.

(photos are a little dark–the flash made the fabric reflect in a funny way)

The purse:

The fabric:

If you’re interested in a purse commission, use the contact form in the sidebar. Or if you’re interested in a (free) description of the pattern for your own sewing use, use that to contact me! Always ready to help out another sewer.

in updating this, but I didn’t have a camera handy for a bit.

What I’m working on right now: I’m working on refurbishing a quilt. It’s a tricky business, I have to replace some of the squares. And others I just have to sew down from the inside…that is, I put a piece of unbleached muslin under them and I tack them down onto it. I’ll do this for the squares (9 patch) which don’t have more than one patch with a problem and the problem’s not very big.

So far I’ve only done the tacking down, haven’t replaced any squares yet. I’m starting in my comfort zone.

Quilt repair is a delicate process, after all. This quilt is about 30 years old and the fabric is frayed. While repairing it, I’ve realized once again why I believe in sewing with double thread, not a single strand–sometimes the strand was at fault, not the fraying.

This can be a horribly boring process, however, so I’m amusing myself by watching Family Guy. What I really should do (now that this kind of this is becoming a side-business for me) is borrow books on tape/cd from the local library. I can get it my reading and still get work done.

Oooh…or maybe the iTunes business school thing Nina talked about at Queercents. I don’t have an iPod yet but I could use my computer to listen to them.

Interested in getting your quilt repaired? Contact me using the contact form in the sidebar