Fluffyland Craft & Sewing Blog

Category: Purses & Pouches

glorious.

friday afternoons.
bursting with freedom and hope,
a whole weekend waits.

beginnings of an owl purse… and sun! I orchestrated my schedule so Friday afternoons are my free afternoons. Most people are still in class, so I get some time to relax and unwind after the week.

It’s a smiling day. It’s warm (40 degrees F, baby!), sunny, and there are no clouds in the sky – just perfect blueness. The ground is still covered in snow, but that makes it more awesome. It’s so bright out, I’m done with all my tests (how i did on physics today is something i’m not thinking about), I got an A on my calculus test (YAY), and I have less homework to do this weekend than I’ve had any other weekend since I’ve gotten to college.

owl purse detail trimWednesday night I needed my brain to work with something other than numbers… I just needed a break. So I pulled out this trim that I got in Spain last spring (remnant.. something like .30 euros) and found fabric. I just started cutting. Because sometimes, that’s just the way you have to do things.

So I’ve got the start of a rounded purse, with owls and scalloped trim. Today is sewing day… finally. I’ve been waiting for the sunshine.

wednesdays

wednesdays are good days.
just two days left until I
can sleep in again.

orange and green ipod cases i whipped up last week… shop teaser!

just whipped these up over the weekend… when i have a spot of free time (haha funny) i’ll stick them in the shop! plus, perhaps, a few more…

no more counting

snowy snowy snow
blanketing the ground in white
a new, fresh, clean world.

handmade ipod pouches
Day 13… not too far in, especially since I’m going for 365, but today seems as good a day as any to stop counting in the subject line because it’s getting old.

It’s been snowing like crazy since we got here on Sunday. We have a good ten inches, if not more, and it still hasn’t stopped for more than a few hours at a time. It’s one of those days where it would be so cozy to just sit inside and sew… but nope, I had to walk to class. Today’s snow was more angry snow – thick, heavy flakes and wind that magically blew at your neck regardless of the direction in which you were walking. But I still love it.

handmade ipod pouches

However, now that I’m back in my room (and fully exhausted from trekking through the snow) I have promised myself that I will finish my homework before sewing. I have one math problem left, some SAGES reading, and reading from the physics textbook that hasn’t come in the mail yet. But my day hasn’t been a bad one since, although I had to wake up before 7, I got to play with clay for 2 hours in my ceramics class. It was wonderful.

handmade ipod pouches

These iPod cases are the ones i made for myself and my roommate Hannah. They fit the most recent iPod Classic (and most of the older ones as well), and my iPod Touch. The pattern could be modified to fit a Nano. They have a separate headphone pocket, a velcro strap closure, and cozy polarfleece lining. I think I’ve finally come up with the perfect pattern, and I’ve cut out a bunch… hopefully they’ll get thrown together sometime in the next couple weeks.