Sewing: the lost art

Enter stage left: Milo and the Gang Last summer, I made this little creature and I named him Milo.  Milo had to have a younger sister and I named her Lora(pronounced like the name “laura”). Milo and Lora had to have some friends to play with and so I created: Harold, Suze, Joey and Keli.  Milo and Lora have a new home but the rest are waiting to be adopted Enter stage right: Owl Have you ever gone through a stage, or maybe more than one, where you, or a group of friends, become completely obsessed about one thing? I remember in middle school everyone seemed to be obsessed with monkeys. It was weird. Recently, I’ve been going on etsy and searching for “owls”. Any result is fine but the ones I seem more attracted to are the retro looking owls. I got creative one day and completely out of the blue i sketched out a little owl creature in my drawing pad and then took up one  whole page and created a pattern. Every part of this little ow...

I’m not a bag person. I mean, how many bags does one need? But one of the things that I do like making are bags. I went through this stint where I made these little cosmetic/handbag purse things. They were like the most complicated thing I ever made way back when. I have 2 for sale ($15 each or both for $25). I made a couple for gifts for some people ( some friends, a teacher, a pen pal in Africa). I even entered one in a Quilt Show. I really thought for sure someone would want to buy it. EDIT:  this bag as been sold  But, alas, I have 2 that need homes. I got creative one day at a previous job and stitched out an embroidery. I got home and after a while of it just sitting in my room, I finally came up with something that I could make. A bag. But not just any bag. A padded bag, with 2 straps and a different pattern on the back. Oh, and it had to have buttons. So now I have this awesome bag that also needs a home. I weight test all my bags and thi...

first one I made! This one is the first of it's kind to have a piece of fleece and then shaped pieces of fleece felted  on it. There are a couple like this hidden in my collection yay retro! I love the button on this one. It has a 2 tone color to it favorite one I've made. Who wouldn't want to have safety pins on their coffee cup? These and other photos can be found here. I will be adding other photos of the rest of my collection to that album sometime this week. and if you haven't already, become a fan/like adarlingdesign on facebook

definition of "coffee" and "cozy" from urbandictionary coffee: the best drink ever, drug used by hackers and students cozy: warm, snug and comfortable so why not make something that combines the two but you supply the coffee? enter Coffee Cozie. Cute, little buttoned fabric that goes around your coffee cup so you don't burn your hands and you can be fashionable, chic and smart, (don't know if guys want to be chic ?) all at the same time. These are made out of regular, pre-washed cotton fabric, quilt batting and a button (thread obvisously). They run $4.50 or 4 for $15. They make great gifts for yourself and your coffee loving friends. the pattern. very fancy cut out of a cozie with some seam allowance quilt batting cut from same pattern stack of cozies ready to be sewn together first 5 cozies made!  You can find these and other cozies on facebook or etsy . If you're interested in buying any, please contact me via facebo...