Woodmouse And Bobbit Bag

Does anyone else procrastinate like I do? I ordered this fabric from Spoonflower back in October 2015 but as that was also coming up to finals for Uni I put it away under my bed and forgot about it. Then in December when moving I found it again and decided to do something with it. I took photos and cut it out. I made the keyfob and again the rest was put aside due to life's circumstances.  Now four months later it has yet again resurfaced and this time I plan on finishing it.

The fabric is linen-cotton canvas, for a sturdy bag. It cost me $27US for the fabric and I bought it on a free shipping day (yay for free shipping!!)

The instructions suggest using a fusible fleece. Of course I thought I knew better and didn't. Just like I thought using the canvas was the best idea for a strong bag. Bad idea on both counts. The canvas makes it incredibly difficult to sew, and doesn't exactly make it a soft bag to touch. I might order it again in a quilting weight and use the fusible fleece.

I want to start other projects but feel like I owe it to myself and this bag to finish it before I start anything else, including the octopus skirt. Yet for some reason it sits on the ironing board waiting to be ironed before I can finish it.

Kimoyes Silk

I pinched my partners big photography reflector to use as a solid colour background for the silk images. Best idea ever!
I will admit that it was his idea after I was complaining that the black coffee table wasn't big enough and the red shaggy rug on the floor would distort the colours. It's always handy having someone with photographic know how around.



This beautiful one was the most expensive. I think it was $50/m. I bought half a meter. It's 14" wide (35cm). I'm hoping the gorgeous crane will fit as a center panel for a high waisted pair of knickers.



This delicate one I bought a meter of. The pink is so beautiful and the details are just amazing. This was probably around $10/m.



This one was the hardest one to photograph. The camera has trouble picking up on both the colour and the texture. I thought this design was a little bit more wearable. This was $10/m I was able to find this design on the website if anyone is interested. http://www.kimoyes.com/products/17336



Last but not least, this gorgeous one with a woven detail in it. I just couldn't pass up those flowers that looked as if someone had used a stencil or resist dye, to make that watercolour flower. This one was again around the $10/m mark.

What do you think I should make out of them?
Let me know if you grab anything from the Kimoyes website! There's just far too many gorgeous silks, and I sadly can't afford to own them all.  http://www.kimoyes.com

2016 onwards

Ok, I'm back. Kinda. I don't know what I'm doing anymore with this! haha

I started this blog to document the progress with the historically correct bustle dress I was making back in 2013. Time flies. Sadly my circumstances changed and I wasn't able to complete the project nor was I able to continue blogging. When I thought those circumstances had changed I tried to come back to no avail :(
But you know what? Third time lucky :)

I don't plan on this blog being every week, or maybe even every few weeks. But I do plan on using it to help document my projects and other things that make me happy. Hopefully it will even help me actually finish a few projects, you crafty people out there know what I'm talking about!

I very happily discovered a new shop two days ago. What kind of shop you may ask? Fabric of course!! Vintage Japanese kimono silks to be exact. Most of them were marked as $10-25 per meter so I just couldn't help myself. I walked out of the shop having spent $65 with 3.5 meters of fabric. That beautiful orange one you see at the front just has the most wonderful print on it, but unfortunately was $50 per meter.  I still had to have it though, so I only bought half a meter. In my next post I'll show you each fabric print and what I plan on doing with them.

90% of my belongings are in storage for an unknown amount of time, but when I was last at the storage place I was able to grab a few boxes of fabric. This box had my Spoonflower stash! I bought this amazing octopus fabric with the intentions of making a lolita skirt like the fabric designer has done. I bought 2 yards from memory, which has two and a half repeats of the print, so I'm not sure I'll get my skirt quite as nice as hers which seems to have three.

And last but not least, I thought while I was doing all this sewing, I would need something nice to take a break with. So I decided to splurge on a gorgeous T2 set which has a cute little teapot that sits upon a cup. I seem to have a thing for these mint greens and blues lately. Even the rest of my fabrics from that box were cool toned.

What have you splurged on lately? Some pretty clothes or makeup? Or maybe some craft supplies or games? I love hearing what makes you happy :)