We have a fabulous fabric store in the area (Ryco Trimming Co.) that sadly will be closing in December.

Last week, two friends and I took a road trip (all of 25 minutes) to go, shop and then have lunch.

I purchased a lot of fabric for clothing (I plan on making: 2 Dress No. 1, Wiksten Shift and a Fen Dress) and several fat quarters.

I am a coffee-a-holic and purchased a cute fabric with take out coffee cups.

Using linen remnants I had in my stash, I made a cute knitting project bag.

I deleted my previous blog posts to create more room, so I couldn’t reference past patterns.

I found a free pattern on The Spruce Crafts and decided to do a little sewing today.

I used a random piece of interfacing I had, pink linen for the lining and a sturdy piece of brown linen for the base.

I interfaced the outer pieces but did not interface the lining.

The pattern calls for snaps and I do have some I could sew on (I’ll decide that at a later date).

This was a quick sewing project and it will be used for my Joji Fall KAL 2021 project- Rafa’s Hat.

On a side note, an account I follow on IG, Ms Crown On SE Seventh,

posted a ways back about using a great tool for measuring seam allowance.

I purchased it and a Sewist’s Magic Wand and used them both today!

Both were very useful today (the magnetic seam marker is super strong and holds very well).

Have a great week!