To-Do Tuesday 3-8-16 | Clutches in Progress

Happy Tuesday! This recent week was crazy! So many errands and unexpected events cropped up that I felt like a mad woman running around. It was my first week home after having resigned from my job and I thought it would be relaxing and give me a lot more time for sewing. *Cue hysterical laughter* Hopefully this next week will be calmer.

Despite the craziness of my days, I was able to spend the evenings watching the Craftsy class I will be reviewing for Sew Sweetness’ Craftsy Review Month.

I also had some time to pick out fabrics to make two clutches and I cut out all the pattern pieces and interfacings yesterday. My first choice of fabrics included a neutral home dec canvas type fabric that I found in the remnant sale bin at Hobby Lobby. Not only do I love the neutral tone, but I absolutely love that it has slivers of silver strands running through it. I tried to get some good pictures of the silver, but I’m not sure how well you can see it. I decided to use some silver Mirror Ball Dot fabric I have been hoarding for the interior. I also will be using the Mirror Ball Dot fabric as an accent on the front outer panel of the bag. When it is finished I am hoping this will look as spectacular as I envision it in my head!

The only thing I really dislike about this fabric is that it unravels way too easily. Which meant I needed to pull out my trusty serger and switch thread colors. Ugh. Thankfully it only took me about 5 minutes to do that since I used the thread tie-off method to pull the new threads through. I was glad to see that the serger didn’t pull threads in the fabric as serged them and now these pattern pieces now seem a lot more stable at the edges.

My second fabric pull is more my usual style. I tend to be drawn to edgier fabrics. Living in Lake Havasu City doesn’t bring about many occasions for dressing up, so I wanted to make a bag I could grab and use every day. That’s the last I’ll be talking about these clutches until after my review posts on March 23rd. I can’t give away any more sneak peeks until then as well!

I do have a super thrift score find to share this week. We wandered into Goodwill and as I rummaged through the craft section I found these sheathed Gingher 7″ shears. They cut like they are brand new! It’s not like I needed another pair since Mister bought me a brand new pair late last year and I just got my new Tula Pink ones. But, for $1.99 I couldn’t pass these up!

I hope you all have had a productive week too! Are you working on any new projects? Are you finishing up any UFOs or WIPs? I’d love to know what you’ve been working on!

This week’s To-Do list:

• Write a Finished Friday post for The Window Shopper Tote
• Finish both clutches
• Write Craftsy class review post

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