Unusually, the majority of the family had no plans today, which meant I got to spend some quality time at the sewing table this morning.
First I used Wonder Under to make some diy fleece interfacing with a bit of leftover terry knit.
If you've never used Wonder Under - it's a thin layer of dried glue on a parchment paper backing
Once you iron the glue side to a fabric, you can reactivate the glue and attach it to another fabric like a little sandwich.
The best way to get the parchment paper off is to poke a whole in the middle with your nails and peel from someplace other than the edge. If the glue didn't melt all the way then tearing from the edge can pull up the glue, too.
Next, I started assembling the Pencil Pouch. With the new shape of the tail, I ran into a snag. When I sewed up and trimmed it the first time I realized that I was never going to be able to turn it right side out:
So I cut a new tail out and left a little bit unsewn. It worked a treat. The fine wale corduroy coupled with the fleece interfacing meant that the seam.allowance was held in simply by pressure.
I finished up the sewing and it is pretty cute!
Until it's zipped up. Then it looks more like a blob fish, 😂:
It does hold lots of sharpies, which was a goal.
The Youngest declared it "Wonderful" and "A little guy" but would like a pencil case which fits their longer markers (which had already been measured, and their measurements shared with me, oops)
Action items for next shark:
1. Find a white zipper for the teeth
2. Find sharkier fabric. Hopefully, a lighter gray with white speckles
3. Redraft the body pieces to accommodate longer markers, and potentially integrate the tail piece to eliminate extra seams.
It was fun to get back to some sewing. I've been avoiding my sewing area for quite a while. There was a tumble of dust and detritus from the floor above, and it's going to take a few long dedicated hours to get things tidied up and I haven't had the mental energy to tackle the job. But at least my sewing desk is clear and I need to remind myself of that fact from time to time.
