pond_ripple's Fabric Blog

This is my second messenger bag ever. It uses two of my custom designed fabrics: Cherry Vanilla Plaid and Ice Cream Stripe . I'll be putting it up for sale in my Etsy shop pretty soon.

Here's a little sneak peek of the baby quilt I've been working on for a friend of mine. It uses four of my fabric swatches: Dragon Quilt , Snakes in Top-Hats , Taco II , and Dragon Z's . The orange stripe came from the lining of an old bag. I tried to give the quilt a more organic feel by not doing perfect squares that match up in strait lines.

Today's project is a simple fabric wallet. Just one pocket and a flap to go over it. It was super quick to make. Three pieces is all that it takes: a fabric swatch for the lining ( I used my Red Fox Stripes ), a larger black piece for the outside, and one small black piece to even out the difference between the lining and the outside fabric. I sewed the smaller black piece to the bottom edge of the lining piece. Then I put the lining and the outside piece (which were now the same size) together right sides facing and pinned them. I sewed around the edges leaving a 2" hole for turning. The corners were clipped and then the whole thing was flipped right side out and ironed. I sewed up the hole in the side with a ladder stitch. Then I folded and ironed the bottom third into place. I ran a quick whip stitch up both sides, and then ironed the top flap down. The end. That's all I did. I was thinking about putting in pockets and all that jazz, but I just felt like doing...