New Fabric...Yay!

Hey there. Cow here.

I just got some new fabric in and I'm totally stoked to use it. It's a stained glass Zelda pattern with little Links doing various things Link does. It's adorable. I spent all yesterday working through about HALF the whole dang bag already, so it's probably going to be up on Etsy before too long. I've decided to start scotch guarding the outer fabrics for these bags because, well heck...they're worth it. I want them to last a good long while. Here's a sneak peek of the work in progress:

And yes that is Reggie guarding over it like the good doggie he is. Good boy.

Don't eat the new bag, now, Reginald...

In addition to this new item I have a plan in the works to maybe draft a new coffin pattern for a windowed ita backpack. I'm in love with pastel goth, even though I can never find anything in my size, so I was thinking I might make it in lavender outer cloth with a spooky ghost fabric for the inside. I also scored big with some rather fairy kei fabric I've harvested from a curtain valance I found at a thrift store. That one is going to be seriously limited edition since there's only so much fabric. I think I could squeeze two, maybe three bags out of it. I'll show you more of what's on the horizon as it comes up, but for now...Zelda!

Meet Reginald, my Pin Pal

Hey guys! I wanted to have you meet my very own and most favorite pin pal in the whole world.

Reginald!:

My sisters got him for me for my birthday quite a long time ago and he has served as my faithful sewing companion ever since. He makes it really easy to get to and put back all my pins of course! He has a nice wide cranium. Drives the ladies wild:

I always see those cactus pin cushions that are floating around and think "I should get one". Then I think about it for two seconds. No cute cactus could ever replace my Reggie.

I just finished another bag! I made this one to brighten someone else's day for a change. It's up for sale on Etsy here. Here's a picture for your viewing pleasure:

Isn't it darling!? Oh, I'm so excited that it's done. But in the same vein I'm also excited to move on to the next one? I have too many feelings about sewing. Haha!

I also just opened up my shop to do custom orders and rebranded my banner and all sorts of nonsense. It looks pretty spiffy and it can only get better from here. I hope someone in the future will enjoy this bag. It was so much fun to put together.

Bags, Richard!

Salutations!

Wanted to share a bit of what I'm working on right now. I've been a little obsessed with bag making lately. I bought the ita backpack pattern from Alex Lynn Crafts and now I can't stop making them. I made one that was just for me first so that I could mess up a lil and not have it be a problem. It's so much fun! And when you don't have to worry about sizing, all the better. I decided to go with a subtle Steven Universe theme for the fabric:

It's been about a week since I finished it and I already have great plans for the thing. Many pins, lights, and even a patch of Steven's gem!

So now I'm working on another three of them. I'm almost done with a MyLittlePony one, and I've got two cut out in Zelda fabric. I can't wait to see them finished. Being able to stare at the completed bag for a couple of minutes is divine.

I've also got an extra large elf coat I recently finished in cyan and spinach green that I'm hoping to get posted to Etsy soon.

My birthday is in a couple of days and my parents have graciously made available a good amount of fabric money for the occasion. We'll see what kinds of things I can get into with that. I'm so excited to work on more!