How-To: Easy Eyeglass Case

In less than a year, I’ve gone from horribly nearsighted, to both horribly nearsighted and needing reading glasses with my contact lenses.  As a result, I’ve got reading glasses all over the place — in my purse, on my computer table, on the coffee table, everywhere!  This is not only because I don’t want to [...]

How-To: Quilted Bookcover

Maybe one of these days I’ll show you what’s usually in my bag, but I’m afraid you’ll be so put off by the mess that you’ll never come back here.  I will tell you that it always contains a book.  Since most of my books come from the library, I realized that it might not [...]

How-To: Drawstring Jewelry Pouch

 

I made the jewelry pouch pictured here before I found this tutorial, and since I didn’t want to reinvent the wheel, I’ve just noted my own variations below.
1) I cut my circles 16-1/2″ and 12-1/2″ (7″ and 11″ in the tutorial).
2) Before I made the interior pockets, I inserted a 5″ circle of template plastic beneath [...]

Triangular Cosmetic Bag

Here’s an easy bag that goes beyond the basic flat zip pouch.  A well-illustrated tutorial can be found on Craftster.org.  For some directions on how to crinkle and embellish fabric, see my earlier post.
For the zipper pull, I simply knotted a bead onto a piece of ribbon and tied that to the original zipper pull.

Wristlet Key Fob

I’ll soon be selling these key fobs in my shop, but if you’re crafty, you can try making one yourself.  Simply use a piece of cotton webbing twice the length of the drop you want, sew on a ribbon or fabric trim, then fold the webbing in half and enclose the raw edges within the [...]

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