Sit down–it’s actually a post about sewing!
Yep…I really did do some sewing besides the tree skirt and placemats. My mom, age 87, has everything she needs, doesn’t go out much, and doesn’t have any real hobbies other than reading the newspaper and mysteries (and since she can’t recall the titles of what she has read, it’s impossible to buy them for her). Also, she’s vegetarian and picky about her food, so it’s hard to buy her that for Christmas. So…….. I did buy her some old-fashioned Christmas candy, some lemon curd (which she loves), muffins and….drum roll, please, made her a purse.
I started with a different idea, but lost the patterns. My tissue paper mock-up looked the right size, but when I got the sack made up, it was too short for a drawstring closure (which wasn’t really “her” anyway…..a design opportunity, right?). So, I re-thought things and here’s what I made:
Mom doesn’t like open-topped pocketbooks, so I added a zipper (wasn’t that fun, but it worked)–the black thing in the center is a zipper by the way:
Then, my friend Gene saw an add on TV for a
purse organizer. Finally I saw the same ad, and came up with a pattern to make something similar. The one on TV has a built in light so you can illuminate the pitch darkness of your bottomless pit of a purse. My version isn’t that high tech! Just timtex, fusible web, fabric and thread.
First, you make what I am going to call (in my pattern to be published soon I hope) the Perfectly Portable Pocket (c).
Then you roll it up like a cinnamon roll:
Then you tuck it inside your purse, spread it out to fit flush against the sides of the purse, and bingo…instant portable pockets. I figure my pattern will have a tote bag sized version, a purse sized version and (drum roll and duh) a quilter’s version with slots for scissors, small rulers, rotary cutter, thread……you got it!
December 25th, 2005 at 7:51 am
That’s really pretty, Sarah!
December 25th, 2005 at 9:36 am
I saw the TV one too but like the idea of making my own much better…the one they showed was made with ugly fabric. Who needs a light if things are organized!
Good luck with the pattern.