A Ducky Day
How fortunate I was when I stepped out for my walk earlier this morning. I thought the heavy rain that we received overnight was the end of it. Halfway home it began to sprinkle. Here we are at supper and it is still at it. It goes from sprinkles to rain that looks like it has sleet in it.
I have been working in the sewing studio off and on. The “off” was when there was yard work. I belong to a closed website that specializes in bags, purses, wallets, etc. When they put out a free pattern, I download it for future use. I love a good challenge.
The only supplies I had to purchase were three zippers and a small piece of white cork. Everything else was in stashes. I decided to line it with the same fabric as the outside. There are two zipped pockets in the inside, and the top zippers shut. This spring green has been in my stash for a long time and this was the perfect pairing for the embroidered Butterflies. The embroidery was a tight fit to get it in the right spot on the front of the bag.
Most of the finish work is done working while the bag is inside out. What a jumble. Trying to do seams while not catching the zippers makes for happy sewing machine needles. As the pattern winds down, all zippers must be left in the open stage. One of the zipper pockets also needs the bottom to be left unsewn. Yup, going through that open zipper pocket bottom is how the entire bag is pulled inside out. It doesn’t go quickly, but it does eventually all get pulled out to pat it down, pull it straight, and put some steam on it.
I deem this a successful challenge. With the day being as miserable as it was, I did need to turn the furnace back on. The sewing studio has a heat vent. With all the spring seepage water running in the interior tile, it felt very cool while I was sewing. I will admit there were several times I broke a sweat trying to wrangle fabric, foam interfacing, lining and zipper placement. I chose the white cork on the side panels to tie in with the white embroidery. I will be on the lookout for their next free pattern.