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Sew-plies updates

Which she likes better, though is too small.

The cinch sack pictured was  the trial cinch sack, I think it pretty but ultimately, too small and a bit clunky.  The cotton lining is stiff and the lil thing does’t close well. Resultant to which, I lined a new larger cinch sack circle with an old silk habotai and found this to be just the right amount of drape. Thimble Cinch Pattern here.  

Stash of buttons.

I do like the lil premature Cinch though. I keep playing with it and trying to improve or use it somehow.  

Then I get to wanting to give it to Matthew to see what he would do with it. Matthew makes assemblages, is a friend of ours, we hang at dinner parties intermittently but I/we don’t know his last name and can’t check to see if he has a web site. But Matthew would paint it green and leave it to sit on something for years. He would do something unexpected. 

The parts are coming together.

I sewed a loop onto the back of the Gather your Sew-plies purse, and am embellishing a 38″  belt to thread through it and use while sewing on the go. Last night we traveled home over the 6 subway for a while. I sewed the purse while standing on the platform and on the train. It was the Saturday young kids come from the burbs to party for a night. Ill chosen stilettos in a city where you must walk. It is an interesting way to experience the city.

Pinch Clip belt.

Would it be overbuilt to encase and sew  some magnets strategically to help hold the pin book securely against the purse? Hm.

I love the addition of the belt. I love to walk and having the purse bang against me could have been a deal breaker. So, form is meeting function again.

I am sewing baby buttons onto the belt with white seed beads. There is something magical about buttons. Some of the buttons I am using are humble shell buttons that seem quite old. Pictures to come.

I am creatively floating on the waves over here. I am introducing exercise into my daily routine, walking, and being active. I experience much change and I know that my energy levels are not what they used to be. They are getting better and there is no rushing it, but this is different. 

May 20, 2012 By Melanie Tagged With: Female Magazine, Gather your Sew-plies!!, Japanese Patterns, Sew-plies, Thimble Cinch Sack

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  1. Jeannie

    May 20, 2012 at 10:56 pm

    I saw itty bitty magnets – 3/8 inch? at the store the other day. They claimed to have superior holding power. Your sew-plies purse is developing such character! I thought of you a lot today as I was planting annuals. Designs all over the place! I took the train from Hartford on a Friday morning a million years ago. Then we came back on the last train of the evening, what a change in passengers! Boom boxes replaced briefcases. What exercise are you pursuing. I want to get back into a routine, something besides walking. I miss feeling the strength in my muscles. Hey! It is a new week! I hope yours is sparkly and fun filled! xoxo

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