More Upcycling

We had a gift exchange at a meeting last week, and I received this bag made by Wilna from an old pair of jeans! She has appliqued fruit from a tablecloth on to brighten the bag up. And a neat touch is that pockets have been left on:

Clever!

Smaller Version

I thought the children would prefer zippy bags to the more open market bags I have been making. These are smaller than the market bags, with an outside zipped pocket, inside zipped pocket and a zipped opening on top. Each one has a different lining:

I had to juggle a bit to get the lining out. It made me think of my mum, who used to by less fabric than stipulated on the pattern envelope and then spend hours moving pattern pieces around to get the garment out!

Owl

Owl comes from the same book as the little mouse. I still have his wings to make, but otherwise he's done. He's much larger than mouse.  I think he may be too big for a small baby, and not easy to post. I may have to make another mouse. That's fine, the right home for owl will come along sooner or later.

Julie's Angel

I'm not big on angels, but I really like Nicola Bowersox's patterns. When I saw this angel on Craftree, I just had to try it. It has Nicola's signature 'doodle look', like her Kiss Curl Heart. I'm thinking of sending it to Linda with yesterday's crosses, as a bonus for her order.

Reconnected

Our wifi internet connection was off for a week. It's a little disconcerting to realise how much we've come to rely on it. Anyway, I'm glad I don't have to use a very slow phone signal now to connect to the world.

I guess I underpriced the crosses I made for an order, because Linda promptly ordered five more! Luckily I enjoy tatting this pattern, so I was quite happy to make another five. There's a link to Grace Tan's pattern on the right side bar.

Offline

One of the towers that enables us to connect to the internet has been damaged. Apparently it will take several days to sort out, we'll be offline until then. I'm writing this on my phone, but that's impractical for proper posts.

Done

I decided to go with the cap sleeve. I've spent way too much time and energy on this project, enough now. I hope that the shiny red cotton will mean it qualifies as an 'evening top' without the addition of beads or ribbons. I found the pattern on Pinterest. I don't know if this link will take you to it or only takes me there! I had to adapt the stitch count because my cotton was finer, but I pretty well followed the pattern.