Gathered pouch

Here it is. My version of Gathered clutch by Noodlehead. I totally copy cat her idea with leather strip.

I looks a bit different since I mostly do not follow measurements in tutorials. I use what I got and the size is usually based on the size of the zipper I use.

The back is just plain but still pretty with that fabric.

It's orange inside. I'm still in orange phase lining. It fits the color combo and zipper so yeah, thumb up for orange. It ended up being 22x18cm.

Linking up with TGIFF and Finish it up Friday.

WiP

Hello my friends. Let's talk WiPs. The above is no longer one but I'm suffering lack of daylight and I have no idea when to take pictures of the finished thing. Should I take it to work and do it during lunch break? You really think so? lol.

I'm not really feeling festive but I put the lights out and I'll decorate some more over the weekend. On Monday the weather surprised us. So far there was no sight of winter, all of the sudden the rain turned into frozen trouble but it looked so pretty. We had a tiny bit of snow yesterday and today we are back to rain.

Our Advent calendar is WiP as well. I managed to make 6 packages and I need to make some more as my girls already cut down half of them. Yes the time does fly. If you not familiar with our Advent calendar, check out last year post.

And I started something new. Mmmm I'm guessing I'll be finished by December 2015! Any tips? Oh yes, you are right that is Christmas ball in progress.

I totally missed my November goal and I'm not feeling like setting up any for December. Survive does not count, right?

I almost forgot. My notebook is not worth the repair so I either write to Santa or I'll wait for after Christmas sales. That's the plan.

I hope you can read between the lines. I'm doing well, no worries.

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Q4 - knitted socks finished

As my mom would say: Keep calm and your feet warm!

Those were on my Q4 list and I find knitting pretty calming and brain less activity. At least this is very simple pattern. I used to knit on 5 needles but once I learned how to use just 2 there was no other way for me. I call those sleeping socks. They don't have the perfect fit but slide off pretty easily once you decide your feet are warm enough.

When I posted my progress pic some said that they never saw such way of knitting socks. I used just one ball of wool. You can pull the end of wool from the middle out and that is how it was possible to make both at the same time out of one ball of wool. Does that makes sense? I admit I'm lacking knitting vocabulary. If you would like to see more pics check out this tutorial in Czech :) By coincidence Janine from Rainbow Hare is celebrating her linky party Wool on Sunday so I'll be linking with her this time around.

Beside knitting, making pouches gives me instant gratification so I stock up some zippers. Yeah, look at those neon colors! Plus I needed white thread and yet another coincidence Molli celebrates Sunday Stash! No fabrics on my side but notions count as well, right.

And check out our new ceiling. The girls got their own galaxy. It is made by professional with some extra colors and it does glow in the dark. It is beautiful. Just like our own little planetarium. We all just love it. There are actually some real constellations.

My fav part is the eclipse, few falling stars and milky way.

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X pouch and other news

So here is the X pouch I made for Le Challenge. It might be not the prettiest I ever made but I like this combo of chocolate brown base and mustard leather embellishment.

As usual I marked the straight lines with masking tape.

I kept the quilting pretty simple. When I was writing one exterior piece pouch tutorial I got this idea of trying one lining piece as well. It worked and it is so easy!

See no seam at the bottom!

The back side is very simple.

This week I was really excited to find out that my leather circles pouches made it to top 22 of Purse Palooza. Check out all those amazing bags and vote for the one you like.

Oh yes, I'm still in leather scraps mood and when I saw Bengal gathered clutch by Noodlehead I had to start one as well.

And you might be wondering about my notebook. No it is not fixed. They have to diagnose it first and we have to decide if it is worth to invest the money in repair. I'm using older notebook which we thought would not be suitable but I installed the programs I needed and I'm back in the game. Woohoo!

Linking up with TGIFF and Finish it up Friday.

OMG

Where do I begin? My notebook broke down. I can not even tell you how much frustrated I am. I would have to only use F words. I'm using my husband's computer and it ain't easy. He doesn't have the programs I usually use and ...... grrrr.


Two hours later I'm still not able to upload my pics here. DAMN computers! I'm giving up. I put two up on flickr and you probably won't hear from me for a while.


I planned to catch up with my Bloglovin feed and I can't get it work. I'm not able to access Instagram either. It just plain sucks!