Sew much fun!

I met my sewing machine again today - I just love her, but I have been whoring around with yarn for several years now. Knitting is just so much more portable and mommy friendly. So I have had just rare trysts with Pfaff over the past years - to sew a random barbie outfit or Christmas stocking. Today, I needed to get down there - I purchased Amy Butler's In Stitches sometime ago and have a project picked out for an upcoming event. Well, as luck would have it, after I cut out all of my project pieces, the more tedious and annoying part of sewing for me, I realized I did not have exactly the right shade of thread. So that led me to splityarn - where I have coveted her wristlet tutorial. No more zipper phobia here.

What a fun little project. It went together quickly though true to form I had to do a few things wrong first in order to let my new knowledge sink in. Which reminds me of a great quote I heard yesterday on The People's Pharmacy..."Wisdom is knowledge through pain." Pierce E. Scranton (author of Death on the Learning Curve - a "fictional" memoir written by a real surgeon. Kind of like James Frey's Million Little Pieces but this author was honest about the embellishment right out of the box)



I just love the funky lining, and of course I wanted to use a cute little label to charm it up. also inspired by Caro as were these.

I am so thankful to Caro over at splityarn, she is so generous with her ideas, right down to showing you step by step how to copy them. Thank you!!