In my last post, I promised I wouldn’t blog again until I could talk about sewing. And then an entire month went by with no posting. I’ve been so distracted I haven’t even visited my friends blogs that much. Sorry.
Oh sure, I’ve been sewing orders for customers. But nothing new and exciting to report. So yesterday I finally sat in front of my sewing machine and played. It should come as no surprise the new item was bath and body related.
This is a silk pouch for a lotion bar…
I’ve had that lotion bar sitting on my nightstand for maybe a month? Just sitting there on a paper towel so it won’t leave a grease spot. So I finally whipped up a pouch from recycled silks to house my solid chocolate scented lotion.
Then I needed to make a pouch for my sister in law. She’ll be getting a lotion bar for her birthday this week. But her taste runs more to the contemporary fabrics so I made this for her…
Those last 2 pouches had free motion quilting and embroidery on them. They were sort of time consuming. So I thought about making lotion bar pouches that were fast and easy but still made of fabric. A quick jaunt into photoshop with the Digi Dolly legs, some treated muslin to print on, then a few quick stitches on the serger and VOILA! This was born…
The ingredients are printed onto the back of this fabric pouch. This one was a private joke between me and the husband. Since my lotion bar is chocolate scented with lots of cocoa butter, I rub it on my feet at night and exclaim (very excitedly) that I have chocolate feet! Thus the chocolate feet design was born. It still makes me giggle when I see it, and then I smell the chocolate again. Seriously, I want to take a bite of this solid lotion.
And now that I have fulfilled my promise of a sewing post, I will get back to the bath and body stuff that has consumed my time, money and imagination for the past month. You will be hearing more from me, and it won’t take a month for the next post! I suspect I will be coming clean to you in the near future. (cheesy pun intended)
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July 27th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
Well, it’s about time. I would have been tempted to think you fell off the earth, but you have left a few comments elsewhere. Glad you FINALLY sewed something no matter what it was for. 8:-)
July 27th, 2010 at 9:22 pm
You are making me want some of that chocolate soap too–but I am broke and cannot afford it:(
July 29th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Good to hear from you via blogland! I like the silk pouch, especially how you lovingly embellished it even though it’s for you. Sometimes I give away my nicest handmade things.
I also appreciated your cheesy pun. That’s the only kind I can make.
: )
August 1st, 2010 at 9:23 pm
Good to see a new post up and I love all three of those bags. The chocolate smelling lotion sounds tempting. I’m a fan of solid lotions; they’re not too messy.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:41 am
I like the fabric you picked for your sister. Is the lotion bar is not soap, correct? Just really dense lotion? How well does it hold its shape in hot weather?
August 2nd, 2010 at 4:07 pm
Love the Chocolate Feet baggy. Anxious to try your new products. When do we go into production…