project of the week: yoga mat bag

materials: the same old ikea duvet cover from the ironing board slipcover project.

tools: sewing machine, good scissors, good pattern.

references: i used amy butler's downloadable nigella yoga bag pattern and followed it semi-closely. ms. butler has many marvelous free patterns available. take a peek if you are ever in the mood for a sunday afternoon sewing project.

outcome: positive.

bonus: i especially like the pocket for carrying love notes from your sweetheart, keys, wallet, bus pass, or whatever.

now excuse me, i'm off to do some yoga. namaste.

project of the week: gocco printing

i bought a much famed gocco awhile back thinking i would print our wedding invitations on them. i ended up going another route with those and the gocco has been quietly calling to me from my craft closet ever since.

enter my fairy gocco-mother, jennifer, who dove right in the day her very own gocco professional edition arrived in the mail. within a week we had arranged to have an art day at apartment s.

it was super fun and easy, and the dining room was transformed into a functional art factory. plus my gocco matched the table cloth.

project of the week: ironing board slip

materials: old ikea duvet cover purchased at the goodwill (you might remember it from here), elastic, yellow thread.

tools: sewing machine, pinking shears.

references: i reviewed this tutorial but did it in a much more haphazard - using half the recommended materials - cutting corners type of way. the moxie way.

outcome: positive.