You need It When!

I love watching project runway! Watching the talented designers create from scratch a designer look in what seems to be impossible timeline is exciting. My girls watch with me and we make it our Thursday night ritual.  They are four and three and you might ask why and how much do they watch? I never realized how much they do pay attention until last season when one of the designers was "out" and my oldest year started to cry. Mostly they watch to see the actual runway show. They like seeing the models or as they call them the "girls" in the pretty clothes.  I watch to see the design process and the fabric selection. Not to mention the fast pace of flat fabric to designer dress in just a couple of hours. Speed sewing at its finest. It got me thinking about those projects that I get asked to do as the last minutes. On Fridays  I will post of some of these crazy projects. I have to say after the project is complete, I must admit that the time squeeze adds to the excitement and pride in the completed project.

Bad weather and crazy days.

I'm still working on the leather bag. The last couple of weeks have been a blur. My bag is coming along. I did take it apart and cut new gusset pieces. Ripping out seams in leather is not fun or attractive. However, it had to be done and I am happy with result. The bag actually looks like a purse now. I restitched the seams as close as possible to the original. I know it is not perfect, but I will let the pictures say the rest. The next bag I believe will be better. What now is causing me some consternation is the lining fabric. Trying to figure out which color better suits the leather has been a little challenging. I at first thought that would be the easiest part of the whole process. Everything goes with leather right? I do not know. The tone of the leather and the texture seems to be at odds with the fabric for the lining. I guess I need to get out my fabric stash and see what will work. Another issue to consider as we'll is the hardware. A work in process indeed!