So a few weeks ago I was bemoaning the wearing out of my old faithful wallet. The ladies on my Carried Away team made a bunch of great suggestions, but of course... I had to do it myself. The challenge, you know. I finally got the time yesterday to tackle it. Of course, it's orange, as plain colors bore me to death. I mean, have you seen my hair?

I used the tutorial over at Confessions of a Fabricaholic. It was easy to follow, with good directions and clear pictures. I am fairly pleased with the results, except I interfaced most of the pieces and it is pretty stiff. It was a difficult monster to turn. I also need to shorten the tab a bit, but for a first try, it's good! Sadly, the pictures are not so good :(



I also sewed up this small clutch to match my dress for the upcoming AIGA Work Show Gala. The cute little ceramic charms are from a contest I won that was held by ETT. They were made by Lynn from Midnight Coiler.

You can make your own stacked frayed edge flowers as shown on this bag with my tutorial.