I made a bag. (I made some other stuff too, just need to snap a picture of them.) I had some of Anna Maria's lovely Drawing Room fabric that I bought in Portland and I wanted to make a bag from it, but was feeling zero inspiration the other night until I stumbled onto Ali Foster's pleated bag pattern (she's got a special running on 3 pdf patterns for $9.50, a great deal. I think I'm going to make myself the laptop case next ). It came together quickly, in one evening, which is about all I can allow for personal sewing right now. Plus it satisfied my need for something colorful to carry around this summer. Do you do that? I bet a lot of you feel the same way I do in the summer. Give me a navy blue T-shirt, white jeans, and my leather sandals all day any day, but I feel much happier when I can fling some happy color over my shoulder.
Emma has been getting up each morning and printing out a toy from A Toy A Day to cut out, fold, and glue together. She's amassing quite a collection, and it occurs to me we've really moved to a whole new level of ability at her age. The fine motor skills are sharp and capable, these little cuts and joints are absolutely no problem at all for her little hands. Which reminds me, I have noticed some great summer lists for kids cropping up all over, I think having one from me seems redundant at this point. I was looking at Let's Explore this morning and felt properly inspired in all sorts of new ways. I think I will print out some stationery from their blog post about letter writing and tuck it into Emma's camp bag (her first sleepover camp is less than 2 weeks away). I'm nervous. She's not. I am.
I wanted to let the Seattle readers know that my friend Cheryl Kuczek is teaching kids sewing classes all summer around the Seattle area. Emma took a class from her last year, made some great friends with the other kids in the class, and came out of it a very confident little sewer and had a great time learning from Cheryl. (And I don't want to set expectations too high, but there were baked goods included in Emma's class. I'm just sayin...) From Cheryl-
Cheryl Kuczek of Paradiso Designs is pleased to announce her dates for Summer Sew Camp this year. All kids boys and girls are welcome ages 7-17. Projects are tailored for kids and designed by Cheryl. Camp price includes project materials and a healthy snack each day!!! Each 4 day weekly session is $145.00. Please email paradisodesigns@comcast.net for more information. Let’s Sew Rama for Kids!!! Credit and Debit cards are welcome!
Email Cheryl directly to get the complete class schedule and all the details.
Summer is good so far, just what it should be, nothing more or less. Hope yours is too. All we need is some more new music, and that's just a week away.
Thanks for reading my randomness today!
