My Latest Projects

I've always had a hard time making things for my brother. He only likes red and black and is very picky. So when I saw this asian dragon fabric, I just knew I had to get it and make something for him. I decided a robe would be out of the question since he just wears sweats, so I decided to make pillow cases. Here is the first one...
Unfortunately the pattern repeat was about 24 inches or so and I wanted a 31 inch long pillow case. I also was limited with the amount of black fabric I had purchased, not realizing how much I would need (I'm a great planner!) So I added as much red as I could to enable the black to wrap around to the inside and cover up all the seams. After I had this finished, I realized I probably didn't need to do that since I made this entire pillowcase with french seams. Just goes to show, I am not a pillowcase maker! Hopefully the second one won't be such a problem and will go faster. I am just wanting to work on my new jacket (I paid too much money for the fabric but it will be worth it!) I had this denim like jacket pattern I had purchased earlier and when I was at fabric depot last week, I saw the same pattern made up with a variety of gorgeous woven cottons, so I bought what they had and guessed at the yardage (pretty good guesses too), I only had about a half yard too much in total. Maybe I'll make a matching bag! Here is the pattern and a picture of the cut out jacket pieces (half of it anyway)...

So, I am thinking that the pocket fabric is too light, not enough contrast with the two bottom front fabrics. I do have enough of the darker fabric to make pockets so I may do that. Maybe change the cuffs too...I may have to go back to fabric depot and buy a different fabric altogether. We'll see how it all works out.

I just posted a couple of items on Etsy. I have been making things for a couple of months and will be posting them as I can fit it into my busy (ha) schedule.

Ciao for now!