Lovely Weekend

Posted on | February 18, 2008 |

It’s been a LOVELY weekend! Dave and I saw his parents on Saturday. They are preparing for their first trip to Hawaii. They’re going to fly there and then take a cruise around the islands. They’re so excited and they’re also going with friends. It should be fun for them. We love Hawaii, so we gave them some tips on island excursions they should take.

While there, my MIL asked me if I’d make her a passport holder for her to use. I agreed, but was a bit intimidated, to be honest. I drew out something, but wasn’t completely satisfied with it. So, Saturday evening, while hubby was playing poker with some friends, I searched the Internet for patterns. (How did we ever survive before the Internet and Google?). I found several, but none that I really thought would work. Besides, they required zippers and for me to go to the store to buy the patterns. I finally stumbled upon Studio Kat Designs, who has very easy-to-follow FREE Pattern! I immediately downloaded it and printed it out, along with a few others. The others were very technical and not quite right. But Studio Kat made it look so easy with her many diagrams and clear language.

Sunday morning, I pulled fabric (don’t you LOVE this dotted batik fabric?!), started cutting it to the template sizes on the pattern. Within an hour, I had two passport/ticket holders. They are seen to the left and right. Now, I can’t leave anything without making my mark on it. The pattern calls for bias tape wherever you see the black (except the cording!). I don’t use bias tape. So, I satin stitched the edges on my sewing machine. I also used eyelets for the cording.

I hope my mother-in-law likes this as much as I enjoyed making it.

Now off to do some more creating!

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