An oldie but goodie

Those of you who have been following my blog for 2 or 3 years will recognize my latest sewing project. I made these storage buckets out of Jess's fabrics to sell on Etsy. I still had a few cut out when we closed the shop but never did anything with them. Recently I decided to make one for myself to use for storing fabric scraps.

I designed the bucket myself back then. And although it's been nearly 2½ years since I've made one, it was kinda like riding a bike, y'know? This is the 63rd one I've made!!!

It's amazing how quick and easy it was to put together... seemed like a breeze compared to some of the things I've sewn since then. :)

Linking up to Amylouwho's Sew & Tell:

Why I don't post every day

It's been a busy week! I mailed these buckets and book covers to Jess this morning to list in the Etsy shop.

And Monday my shipment of new fabric is supposed to arrive. I'm excited! My bags, buckets and book covers will take on a whole new look! Fun!

I'll still post when I can, but don't worry if I skip a day or three... it won't be because I died (I hope!). ;-)

Spring colors

As I was driving to town the other day, I couldn't help thinking that right now is the absolute dreariest time of year! EVERYTHING is brown. The snow is gone... nothing's turning green yet. It's just plain 'blah'.

I'm really glad I have something pretty to work on in the house. Here are a couple of the latest buckets I've made from Jess's 'Peapod' fabric. (I don't know why the lining looks so drab in the photos... it's actually a brighter, "lime-ier" green, more like the green in the print.)

I also finished another bag out of the same fabric. Much more refreshing colors than looking out the windows.

The above and more are all headed to Jess's later today for the Etsy shop.

Speaking of spring colors, Jess has some new fabrics that should be available very soon. (There's even a "Candy" colorway. Ha!) Check 'em out! If you see any print or color combinations you might like a bag or bucket out of, let me know. I'll be getting a shipment once they're printed. I can't wait to get started making things from them!

BTW, happy first day of spring! Let's hope it's here to stay and that things turn green fast!

All gone again!

The Etsy shop is now empty of buckets again. We've sold 20 of them already! Jess just received a couple more yesterday, one of which is already spoken for along with 2 custom bags. And 2 other bags have sold in the last couple of days, so we're down to ONE of those left in the shop! Guess who's gonna be even busier at her sewing machine! I may disappear from the blog completely! No, I wouldn't do that... honest. But I might get even slower at posting.

Here's a new color bucket that I just made. It's fun to be able to do so many different color combinations.

Done and gone

Wednesday's post became this:

And they've been shipped to Jess to hopefully be received today.

Many more to make!

Wordless Wednesday

Good news, bad news

The good news is that today Jess listed the newest 6 buckets I gave her, and there are only 2 left already! Business is booming!

Update: The other 2 also sold within 24 hours of listing!

The bad news is that I'm going to be busier than ever making more buckets, which means I'm going to have even less time for my blog posts. :-(

I have some great pics and videos from our weekend to show you. But for now, it's late... in fact, it just became Tuesday... and I'd better get to bed because Courtney will be here at 7:30!!

Progress

WOW!

My first 4 buckets sold out in less than 24 hours! And commentors are "crying" and asking for more. Good thing I have more in the works!

One more

And the first four are now available in the Etsy shop. I'll be very busy making more the next couple of days so I can hand them over in person to Jess this weekend. So don't be surprised if you don't see much of me here till next week!

Umbrella holders? Hats?

I was hoping for more guesses, but I guess I'm out of luck. So I'll just have to tell you what I'm making. Yes, they could hold umbrellas... folded up ones, anyway. And if you were feeling really silly, I guess you could wear one for a hat. ;-)

But really, they're storage buckets. Nice sturdy ones. In fact, I laid a couple of books on the top of an uncuffed one, and it didn't collapse! They're 8 inches in diameter and 11 inches high uncuffed. So they should hold a lot of 'stuff' (umbrellas? toys? knitting? you-name-its?).

They can be used either way, but I think the cuffs make them even cuter. And the cuffs could be folded to any size you want, to make the bucket any height.

It's been kind of a hair-pulling experience, trying to figure out how to work with that heavy interfacing, but I guess I've got it worked out now. I mailed the first shipment to Jess, so if the post office cooperates, she should receive them today, and they should appear in the Etsy shop tomorrow.

And I'm busy making more, with many fabric combinations! Fun!

Late addition: Here's another one, in a different fabric.