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my craftsy class, yay !!!

Hello lovelies, remember when I talked about the amazing opportunity I had a few weeks back when I flew to Denver and recorded a sewing class with Craftsy ? Yeah, the class is now live and it all is super surreal, and exciting, and intimidating all at the same time, eeeeek !!! My class Giftable Projects: Zippered Bags and Purse Organizer is a six lesson class with detailed instructions and lots of tips on how to make three different zipper pouches. Would you like to see the pouches I designed for the class? Here we go.  Easy Coin Pouch with removable wrist strap is the first (and easiest project). I love this sweet little pouch and have made quite a few of them for my daughters and their friends already.  The second pouch I teach is Double Zip pouch which makes a perfect pencil pouch or make up bag. I'm also thinking it would make a great hand sewing supplies pouch. Oh, the possibilities :) Last, but definitely not least, is this Keep it Ne...

basic linen apron

I needed a new apron. Nothing fancy, just a simple plain linen apron to wear while I do my screen printing. I even went to a few stores to have a look, but I came home empty handed. I kind of knew that would happen as I have an incredibly hard time buying things I can make myself (the feeling I'm sure many of you know quite well) :).


So, I finally did what I should have done from the beginning and I made myself this simple linen apron. I followed Purl Soho's Adjustable Unisex Apron free tutorial and I'm super, super happy with how it turned out. Plus, it was such a quick project to make. It took me less than an hour to have this apron all finished.


I used yarn dyed Essex Linen for the main apron and Slub Denim Stripe for the pocket. I even had just the right length of this 1" webbing. I think I got it ages ago at Target's $1.00 section and it felt great to finally use it.

Off I go. Time to take this new apron for a spin and do some screen printing :).

Thanks for reading. Svetlana

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