I Can't Believe School Holidays Are Almost Over

It's the last week of school holidays and my children and I are desperately clinging on to the last few days of our unstructured life. We sleep late, wake up late, they play computer games all day while I sew. Our meals are taken at odd hours. In other words, we are having the time of our life.

But all good things must come to an end. From next Monday, we go back to being regular people.

By the way, I see you. :D

Yes, the family went to see Avatar 3D. What we paid could feed our kids an entire week.

This weekend I'm doing another stint at red dot design museum.

Details:
2nd and 3rd Jan 2010
11am to 7pm
Admission to museum is free on these 2 days

To be honest, I haven't spent much time making bags. I have maybe 6 new bags. Too many tasks. Too little time. Excuses, excuses.  In 2010, I hope to sell at red dot design museum every month.

The Money Bag

This is a canvas bag I completed last week but didn't get to post until today. Since I've started giving my bags names, this is called The Money Bag. It is a top zippered bag which is extremely hard to construct well. I have yet to completely get it perfect. So why do I keep trying? Sigh. I really don't know. Maybe I'm just born this way. Needing to climb Mt Everest every week.

The zipper, side and bottom gusset together forms a circular "belt". The most crucial aspect of this bag is of course the measurement and sewing of the "belt".

 

This "belt" is sewn to the front and back pieces. If your measurements or sewing are "off", they won't fit. The sharper your corners, the harder it is to keep out the little crinkles.

This is the bag inside out. Of course you can't see any raw seams! The stamp is my label.

Next year I hope to make more of these bags except with more interesting shapes.

It's Christmas Eve in Singapore and the weather is really grey. Wherever you are, I hope you have a Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays. Take care and I will see you soon.

Patchwork Passport Sleeve For Viv

I love it when Viv asks me to custom make something for her. The last time I made a bag for her, I had such a great time. Her reqirements are usually very functional. Like I need this for this purpose. That's it. The rest is up to me. Because she is from a creative line, I know she can accept it if I make something that is aesthetically out of the norm.

This time she needed a passport sleeve. I wanted to do patchwork but not the conventional way. I'm not really into symmetrical patchwork.  I also wanted to embroider with my running stitches, what else? It was fun making this sleeve. No plans - just let my imagination go where it wanted to.

It's hard to see where it's patched!

Front

Front - inside

Back

Back - inside

I hope she likes it!