The project for this week. It was started last week. Good plan. Especially now, as I already know, I had to unexpectedly miss a day in the studio today. Not sure I will be able to finish it by the end of the week. I will try though.It is small, I know. But it is not the only thing planned. What are you making this week?

I am happy with this week project. Unlike  the usual style of moderate progress on several projects, I picked a brand new small one to finish this week. It is ready, colourful and in the shop now. The little pile of tissue holders and business/credit card holders, was unexpectedly joined by some cute little purses. The tissue holders and the card holders are in  the shop already. Tomorrow the tissue & card folders duo sets will join them. Stay tuned as the little purses will be free gifts with each set purchase.

Here comes the second post with some process thoughts. This is a small project. It was planned to me functional, colourful and all completed in a week so that it could be manageable and make a shop update in a few days. I am making small things, thus using small fabric pieces - it does look like a patchwork, which I love. I was going for this look and I think it is archived so far. The fabric choices, as always, were fun. I started with one fabric for each colourway /what a fancy name for it!/ and then added 3 more. As it started to appear in its designed look I added a few other fabrics to spice it up a little. Making a few things at a time has many advantages and a substancial drawback - changing threads... I love turning any drawback into opportunity, so I went for a vivid, bold thread to wrap them all - fuchsia. Not too bad!

It is small and colourful, it is easy and whipping it up felt sooo good today. The perfect beginning of a new week! I had fun choosing the colours, the solids - prints balance, grouping the fabrics chosen... It then happened. I am happy I managed to sew as much as I had planned for this sewing session. This is not a patchwork project but it is a project and I had to think about the goal, the fabrics and the realization... I noticed I am so used to thinking patchwork-like that I immediately saw a future patchwork quilt in these fabrics and combos... The plan is, this will be ready and than shown here this week. I will than write more about the process. Happy New week!