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It’s a scorcher outside! So I thought I’d stay in the basement and work on this crossbody that takes cues from its little sibling, Bucketta. 2 colors 1000d Cordura, a 500d Cordura flap, HyperD 300 lining (gosh I wish it came in white @ripstopbytheroll 😃), 3mm EVA foam for structure, and Venom UL Stretch Mesh ECO, Woojin and YKK hardware. This one’s a keeper but it’s still too hot to carry it around! 🤣😂

Also want to add that the two machines: Juki 9010a-SH and Juki 1541s work really well together! The 9010 could have easily done the whole bag but why not let the work horse 1541 have some time as well? 😃 I love them both equally! ❤️

After the recent renovation and move down to a larger space where it’s a very nice 71 degrees, I can finally get back to work! 😃

Been working on this little cinch-top bucket for a while and finally decided it’s ready. It’s a 7in x 5.5in x 3in 2L dump bag that opens and closes with a cinch. Pull the drawstring to secure your carry. Pull the tabs to access. What a cinch!

This Bucketta is 1000d Cordura Nylon in wine on the exterior, 1.9oz PU Ripstop in white on the inside, and a 1.9oz cinch top in black. Also features Venom UL Stretch Mesh ECO side pockets, YKK #5 zipper tape and short tab RC sliders, YKK and Woojin hardware.

My personal favorite part of this one is the way the fabric runs from the top of the front all the way around to the top of the back. I love bags that do that.

Probably be scaling this one up to make a couple other styles as well.

Thanks for looking! 😃

So I was asked to make a padded strap cover for a customer, who said that they wanted to have a little something to make the strap comfortable on their shoulder. No problem. I can do that. It’s just a little thing. And it really wasn’t a problem…. Until…

I bet I sewed binding around this thing six times today! I thought I had my binding pretty well under control. Today just wasn’t the day to be binding anything! 😂🤬

The ends were just way too curved and the grosgrain just kept bunching up. I tried both 1 inch and 3/4 inch grosgrain, 1 inch mil-w-4088. Quarter inch seal allowance, 1/8 inch seam allowance. The Juki 9010, Juki TL18, and even got out my mother’s Janome 1600P to be sure.

In the end, I wound up with 1 inch mil-w-4088. It seemed to work out - not by sewing it halved all the way around like usual but by sewing it like bias binding. Not very conventional but it did the trick for now.

I decided that today just wasn’t the day. It’s ok to have days like this too - as frustrating as they are. They’re good reminders that there’s always more to learn - even in areas we think we’ve got things under control!

That said…

I REALLY need to get a proper binding setup! 🤣

Draft one is done. Now I can work on replicating it!

What was your most recent example of “today just isn’t the day?”