I already made my best friend, Sam, an ipod case for Christmas, but I wanted to give her something else. I decided on a makeup case.



I used a home decor weight print that I've been hoarding, and lined it in a cream cotton. I used a grey zipper since it was all I had, but it seems to work nicely. I love the tip about using the squares to help the zipper sit nicely, it really does make a difference. It was so much easier to insert the zipper, and made the finished product look so polished.

I finally stopped procrastinating today and started working on presents for Christmas. I decided to start small and make an iPod case for my friend.



She picked out the fabric and it is lined in hot pink. I decided against using elastic as a closure because the button is a bit small. Instead, I used a length of ribbon that I had in my stash for the closure. 

I'm back!! My mom has been bugging me for a phone case, and I just finished it up today.





I used the same fabric that I used for her wallet, and I used the same pattern that I created for the iPod cases I made for Christmas presents. And, here's a close up of the button, because I think its the cutest!!! (and reminds me of an owl <3)

Yet another iPod pouch done!





I made this one for one of my cousins who LOVES the NY Yankees. So, I bit the bullet and made him a stenciled pouch. I found the logo online, printed it, and used it as the stencil. It took forever to mix the paint and get the perfect 'Yankee blue'.  The outside is a cream color, and the inside is the same blue. Instead of elastic and a button, I just put a loop of elastic at the bottom as a closure.

3 down, 9 to go!

I made a new pattern for x-mas presents (iPod pouches), but I wanted to do a trial run first, so I whipped up this little thing.





I've been saving that gorgeous green fabric, so I'm glad this came out ok. I realized halfway through that I didn't have any black elastic, so I had to use some of my salvaged elastic to make the closure. The button came from my great aunt's stash.

Overall, I like how it turned out. I'm not too keen on the exposed seams, but other than that I really like it. Still not sure if I'm going to use this pattern, or modify one that I have for presents.

I'm still in denial about grad school starting up again so, instead of reading for class, I tried out a new pattern and made a wallet for my mom.





I went over to JoAnns when they were having a sale and bought an obscene amount of fabric quarters (like 20+), so I decided to make a dent in my stash. My mom chose the fabric she wanted, and I went to town. I totally destroyed my interfacing stash making this; I double interfaced both body pieces and the closure, and interfaced most of the pockets. I used velcro as the closure so the wallet would have a bit of give, since I know my mom likes to overstuff her wallets (I also couldn't find the post to put the snaps in...shhh). The wallet came out wicked cute, except for the fact that my seams were (apparently) a bit too big, and the smallest card pockets are a little tight, but its still functional.

Overall, I really liked the pattern. The pockets are much nicer than the other pattern I used before, but the zipper did nothing but piss me off. I couldn't get the fabric to lie flat, I couldn't get the zipper to go in straight. It was a nightmare. Next time I make a wallet, I'll probably go back to the old pattern and use that for the zippered pocket.

I made another one of those simple wallets for another one of my cousins for Christmas (I can't believe I completely forgot about him! shhhh....its a secret)



My cousins LOVES [understatement] wrestling. I made the wallet in 2 dark shades of textured blue cotton. Then, I freehand painted the WWE logo on the front. Finished just in time to give it to him tomorrow. Whoo!!

Still 1 to go!

I used the same tutorial as the previous wallet.





This one is for my youngest cousin (5). He LOVES the Power Rangers, and his favorite is Red Ranger. I was going to stencil the actual ranger, but the wallet was too small, so I found the lightning bolt logo, and stenciled that on (with some shading!!) I used red since, again, he loves the Red Ranger. There is some puckering at the seams since the fabric is really thin and flimsy, and bunches easily.

7 down, 3 to go!!!

5 down, 6 to go!!!!!!!!!

The last throw.



I made this for my cousin who LOVES monkeys. My mom and I were walking by the nursery fabrics, when she grabbed this, and said that he would love it. Its the softest thing I've ever felt since its made for use around babies.