roll up, roll up

Morning ladies, I've got just an hour before I'm going to the in-laws for dinner - not having a kitchen is a really pain in the arse.  We had the loss adjuster round from the insurance company yesterday.  They will only pay up if it's subsidence and they're trying to wriggle out of it.  He said that to check for subsidence, they'd have to take measurements every 3 months for a year...  A year without a kitchen?!?!  Currently, we have no idea what the hell to do.  But anyway, on to more positive things.  I got that damn jewellery roll finished in time!  

It was only after I'd finished it and finished sewing the binding on that I remembered I hate things like this that tie with ties, so inconvenient... why did I do it?  BUT, it served its purpose and it's pretty!

It's an altered version of the jewellery roll in 100 Pretty Little Projects, altered to remove the earring (blurgh) section.  Each side has a zip pocket, behind the zip pocket is another pocket.  On the right in this photo you can see the centre flap which has a pocket each side and I used mainly for pinning on brooches.

Flip the pocket to the side and you have the same again.  It worked pretty well so I'm happy enough with it.  Even in the binding gave me palpitations in its refusal to be sewn down

Boring post today, sorry about that.  I'll try to get tear gassed again or something...

laundry bag and travel jewellery organiser

I'm going to Turkey next week.  Nope, I'm not off on a jolly, it's work.  I know everyone thinks that travelling with work is a massive bonus, but it actually involves daytimes in a factory, working, evenings in a hotel room, working, so not so glamorous!

I was supposed to attend the East Midlands Modern Quilt Guild meetup last weekend to work on a Weekender bag.  I didn't go.  I'd ordered some interfacing from Jaycotts and it hadn't arrived, it hadn't even shipped.  You can be sure I won't be using that shop again.

Aside from the Weekender (which I actually want as carry-on luggage to hold my laptop, book, crochet, etc etc), there were a few other things I need, so I got to work.

Bag for dirty undies.  Just a very simple drawstring bag with ribbon closure that I can sling in the washing machine with the aforementioned dirty undies.

I've had this washing line fabric for ages, no idea where I got it from though I think it's Japanese.  I lined it with a green print.  I have no idea where that came from either!

Next up I wanted to make a jewellery roll.  I have about a million patterns bookmarked, and there is one in pretty much every sewing book I own, but they ALL focus on rings and (bleurghhh) earrings.  I only wear my engagement and wedding ring, and wear them all the time so don't need somewhere to store them, and I certainly don't put bits of metal through...

... sorry, had to go and puke.  I won't finish that sentence, my stomach can't take it.  In the end I bastardised a pattern from 100 Pretty Little Projects.

I used some Daisy Cottage and half followed the pattern, half did it my way.  The pattern called for binding, but I couldn't be bothered, so did the stitch-right-sides-together-and-turn method.  Hmmm, doesn't work so well with zips.  I unpicked, fine, I'll bind.  Reading the instructions again, it's not actually binding, so I was back to winging it!

Hmmm.  Doesn't close.  Seam ripper, where are you?

I'm still binding this, it's been a nightmare, I'll show you when it's finally done!