The Sweater Purse

Once upon a time there was a bright red chenille sweater that was deeply, deeply loved. It was loved so much, in fact, that it was loved literally to pieces. The neckband was in tatters and one of the sleeves fell off. That's right. It fell off. The lady who loved the sweater was sad and lovingly placed the pieces of her sweater into her fabric stash and waited for the right project to come along. Sadly, this was not the right project.

Okay, okay, it's not that the project was wrong for the sweater, let's be fair. This was purely user error. As much as I loved that sweater, I do not love this bag. Let's examine what went wrong, shall we?

Welcome!

Welcome!

Hi and welcome to my blog. This is a new adventure for me, and I hope it will be as fun for you as it will be for me. I am planning on sharing my adventures in sewing here, with pictures of what I am making, some tutorials (because we all love tutorials!), and...well, honestly I'm not sure what else yet!

This is absolutely a work in progress, so I hope you will hang in there with me as I figure out this whole blogging thing.

To begin with, I thought I would start a series called "What I Made and What I Learned" where I show you what I have made and what I would do differently next time, or what new techniques I picked up along the way. I promise that nothing I will show you in this series will be perfect - lots of mistakes and lots of learning. So, let's get the show on the road!

What I Made