Needlecase or Pincushion

I made this book type needlecase - at least I think that is what these are called - and I thought it would be cool if I added a more traditional little pincushion in an inside pocket....

Star Pincushion

As usual, I spend more time looking at what others are up to, and I sometimes wonder when I will have time to sew myself.  The couch is comfy and the coffee soothing...

Anyhow, I saw this clever pincushion made from 15 equal sized squares sewn together.  First I cut the squares 1 1/4" on a side.  Then I sewed y-seams to join 5 squares into a star shape.  Then I made another star shape and the last five squares became the vertical edges joining the two 'star' pieces...

Isn't that cute?  Above I laid the pincushion on my latest drawing...and below I laid it on my latest library book...which is super interesting by the way.

Here it is posing with my driving top down hat....that I made a while ago to fit my extra large noggin... LOL

Ipad Stand with Bean bag

I found a pattern for an ipad stand tutorial that appealed to me but it was fairly large so I modified the pattern.  I cut my pretty fabric 14 1/2" by 10 1/2"

Then I found some cardboard from a discarded game, cut out the size it printed at which was smaller than she used in her larger version. The cardboard was 6 3/4 across the wide end and 3 1/2 on the top.

Then using my cardboard as a pattern I cut some muslin( folded on the wide end) about 1/2 inch bigger all around and made it into a bean bag.

It looks lumpy because I used Lima beans (not too popular in my house so a good way to recycle them)

Then I folded the pretty fabric as in the tutoial.  As my fabric was directional, I made sure I sewed across the owls heads and left the end with their feet open.

I'm not saying what the stitch ripper was there for.... :(

It all went together beautifully, the button was sewn into place...

The big Ta-da.  Thank you TeresaDownUnder

ps. I also saw this on youtube for a cheap travel friendly one.

Wrist Strap Bag

I have been recycling.  This is the result.  I took a pair of jeans that were permanently damaged.  Here is the bag.

I am pretty pleased with it.  I used this tutorial at My Spare Time for the recessed zipper.  It went quickly and was pretty easy.

Then I added some quilting around the top edge instead of machine sewing.  I thought the seams were too thick for that.

If you remember I blogged about the wrist strap that Alex made for me.

My sister's new phone cover

This turned out really well I think.  I followed the tutorial from Fairy Face Designs.  The back is cute too.

My sister says she is happy with it and that is what counts in the end.