Late Saturday Night...Or is it Early Sunday Morning?

So I finally picked up the last notions I needed to make the She Loves Me...She Loves Me Knot handbag from You Can Make This. Ok, so maybe I'm addicted to their super easy to understand patterns that look utterly professional when completed. Maybe I'm just trying to let the big pattern companies know that, I do not like to sew from printed instructions (i.e. words only and precious few diagrams). At least with the YCMT patterns, they come with a pdf file full of actual photos of what your project should look like at any given moment. And no little triangle things to cut out on the flimsy pattern paper. Who thought of those, anyway?

So here she is, my new spring handbag...

This actually took me much longer to create than I anticipated. Not because of the pattern. But because, in my search for the perfect fabric, I had to go through my stash. And then you have to loving look at each small scrap, every fat quarter, every inherited piece of cloth and explain why it's been so long since you've last talked (ok, maybe this is just me). So, when I had about three different choices for fabrics, I realize at the last moment that I'm shy a few bits. More digging, more matching. I think the searching, the pressing, the cutting, and adhering the fusible fleece and fusible lining took the most time. Actual creation was very easy.

I think I'd actually sew more often if it wasn't for washing new fabrics, pressing them, organizing them, and then cutting out patterns and fabric. I'm just in it for the sewing. In my perfect world, I would hire someone whose sole job would be to iron, press, and cut. Then I could just sit at my machine and whip up all sorts of wonderful things!

Yeah, right after I hire that professional maid!

What did you do this weekend?