I sewed a lot.

I’ve been busy this past month. My aunt gave me her sewing machine and I’ve had all sorts of fun making small project bags for my knitting friends. I found the patterns through a new sewing site called My Sewing Circle. The site was designed to be similar to Ravelry in that you can keep an online notebook of your sewing projects, link your projects to the fabrics you used, search for sewing patterns and join online sewing circle groups. If you sew, I recommend signing up! My username is handknitsbysusan, so friend me!

I started off my little sewing adventure by making the Sock Sack pattern by Terry Atkinson. I really had fun with this pattern and made 5 bags, mixing and matching different fabric from my stash with new fabric I bought from Loom and the Quilt Patch. I learned how to sew zippers too, which really isn’t difficult. The next pattern I made was the Reversible Patchwork Bag by Ayumi Takahashi/Pink Penguin. I found out I really enjoy patchwork and have loads of ideas for other patchwork stuff I can make. Especially if the patchwork project involves orange woodgrain fabric, if I can buy more of it somewhere…

Cheryl game me this lovely yarn from her stash for Xmas that I’ve been coveting every time I went to her house. It’s an exclusive colorway called My Wild Irishgirlie from Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock in medium weight. Socks for me, I think.

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