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The Week in Sewing

Here's a quick recap of what happened last week in my little sewing world:

1. Bonus pattern pieces for a heart shaped Ditty Bag were finished and can be found about half way down this blog post. 

2. Yesterday was the first day of a dress making class I'm taking at Donna and Toots. 

I never seem to get around to sewing clothes, even though I WANT to, and actually need some new ones.  Taking a class seemed like what I needed to get myself going.

I'm really excited to make a dress.  The last dress I made was in high school.  When I went off to college I left the dress behind and my mom adopted it.  Every once in a while I see her wearing it, and it's always surprising to see it again!

3. I made a faux envelope clutch out of this wild pink batik.  Read more about it here on flickr.

4. One more block done for the QAYG quilt...only 70 more to go!  Haha--I have 16 blocks sewn, but not quilted.  Time to pick up the pace!

Denim Tote with Half-Moon Pocket

tote bag

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It has been a while since I've sewn a bag.  But finally, one is done!  This bag is big enough to hold my laptop (13") with room for other things as well.  Click the image or links to read more about each photo.

tote bag pocket

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tote bag lining

Apron with Pockets

Late last night I finished this apron.  It was going so well, I didn't want to stop until it was done! 

You can read more details on flickr.  I tend to "talk" more on flickr. 

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Killing Me with Cuteness

Look at this specimen of adorableness!  Seeing this bag made by OMGitsaLisa in the flickr group made my day. Look at how happy that unicorn is to be dancing on a rainbow.  L-O-V-E it!

Dumpling flickr Gallery

I feel like organizing things.  This will surely pass, so I'm making the most of it! 

I've added some "galleries" to the flickr group.  Here is a snippet of the Dumpling gallery:

I'm not 100% sure how to make the most of these galleries.  Maybe someone else has some insight? 

The only way I can find them is by looking under "you" in my account and going to "your galleries", or by coming across a photo already added to a gallery.  BTW, if your photo happens to be added to a gallery somewhere on flickr, when you are looking at the photo you will see something like this in the middle of the right side of the page:

Originally, I thought the galleries might show along the right side like the "sets" do in my photostream.  Which you can get to them by clicking on "more sets" at the bottom of the page, and then selecting the galleries tab, but they don't seem to be prominently displayed anywhere.  

So my intentions are good, and my intuition tells me there is a good reason to do this, but I'm not quite sure how to make the best use of the galleries!  Maybe they are just to make me feel organized for a brief moment in time.