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We opened family presents yesterday; this is what I got from Kevin and the kids. (Where ‘kids’ is basically Kavi, but we have told Anand that starting next year, he really needs to take responsibility for his own present-giving; Kavi promised to help. We refuse to raise a boy who is incapable of giving gifts, […]

Yesterday, I was watching Gilmore Girls with Kavi, and Rory was giving her high school graduation speech; she thanked her mom for always giving her the confidence that she could do anything. That’s not actually something I tell my kids. I mean, it’s not TRUE. There are lots of things they won’t be able to

Last zippered bag for now — after this, I think I’ll try to learn something else. Cold-press soap has been on my to-do list for several months, so maybe I’ll give my back a little break from sewing… Scale is hard to convey here, but this is the largest bag, 8″ x 9″. I wanted

One of the fun things about sewing these little zipper bags is choosing the zipper color. I thought about a dark red, which would have worked fine, but this is such a fun, popping sort of pattern, I thought it deserved the pop of blue to set it off. Carollina Song, thanks for giving me

Another book-themed bag. I love all the variations designers come up with for depicting books. This is such a cutie — 6″ x 5.5″, a nice size for safeguarding some jewelry in your luggage, perhaps… The fabric is “Bookshelf” by snarkhearted, link in comments.

Okay, maybe THIS is my favorite Spoonflower fabric. I like this bag (10.5″ x 5.5″) enough that I might have to make another one for myself. I think I’ve got this zippered pouch pattern down at this point — I’m still using pins and checking layout before sewing down, but I got through the whole

I think I probably do have to do some work tomorrow, as there’s a set of SLF and Serendib things I have to finish up AND I have a screenplay pilot to revise that I was hoping to finish before the end of the year, but I successfully managed to take one more day off

Okay, if I make a NEW mistake every time I sew one of these, that’s progress, right? I was going along so swimmingly, and then I tried to sew the lining to the outer fabric (it is not supposed to be attached all around). It was quick to fix, though, so that’s something! And I

One more pouch — fewer mistakes this time, though I did forget to unzip it before sewing around the outside, which meant I had to pick out a few stitches so I could unzip, or I wouldn’t have been able to turn it inside out. Getting better, though! This is a cute 5″ x 7″