Project 333 Capsule Wardrobe

Hello! I am so excited to be back! I know it has been awhile since I have created a post here... Thank you all for sticking with me. I got married January 9, 2016 (yay!) and was crazy busy planning the wedding while in college. Needless to say, I put the blog on hold.

I have plenty of posts lined up and I am so excited to share what I've created over the missed time with you!

Today I'm going to talk about Project 333. If you haven't heard about Project 333, pop on over to their website to find out more information. Project 333 is a system for capsule wardrobe clothing. Capsule wardrobes consist of a small amount of clothing that all go together. Project 333 is a system where you choose 33 items of clothing and wear those for 3 months at a time. I'm gong to be doing mine for April, May, and June of this year (2016).

Typically, Project 333 clothing items only consist of clothes, shoes, and accessories. It does not include undergarments, workout clothes, and items such as wedding rings. The wonderful things about capsule wardrobes is that the rules can be altered to suit the individual! I have chosen not to include accessories, because I always carry one purse and am not a jewelry person. I consider it a good day if I put on any jewelry aside from my stud earrings and my wedding rings!

If you would like to see what I will be wearing for the next three months, I've made a YouTube video about it!

with love,

Courtney

If you're interested, here is a sneak-peek wedding photo!

Cotton + Steel Lion Purse

I'm lin love with the Cotton + Steel lion prints. I bought some of the teal one awhile back and didn't know what to do with it! When the Sew My Stash 2015: Bag Challenge was posted, I thought that it was a perfect opportunity to make a purse!

Here it is in all of it's glory. This was my first ever sewn purse (I'd made crochet ones before). I think that it turned out well! The inside was supposed to have a zipper pocket, but I grew frustrated and decided to not add one.

I think that this bag is extremely cute and I'm excited to start carrying it this summer. I found the pattern for this bag over on Pinterest. You can find the pattern here. It isn't the easiest pattern to follow for a beginner, but I managed!

I just love the lions and I think that this purse shows them off well! I'll be back soon with another blog post! I plan to do four instead of two next month (maybe even more). Stay tuned!

with love,

Courtney

Hexie Pillow

HEXIES!

As I stated in my New Year, New Projects post a couple of months ago, I planned to have a semi-selfish sewing year! This little english paper pieced hexie pillow is certainly one of those projects. I spent a lot of time making the hexies and sewing them together. I love how soothing hand piecing is and will certainly try it again!

This pillow is made up of some of my FAVORITE fabrics that I have used in previous projects and some that I have just hoarded. I fell in love with the fabrics I used in the baby quilt I made for my cousin's baby. I had quite a bit of the fabric saved (I didn't want to throw away one tiny bit of it). That is where most of these fabrics came from.

A few are from various other projects: the quilt I made for my mom, scraps from my finance's grandmother, and some other unfinished projects I've yet to do a blog post about.

Here is a close-up of the hand quilting I did on this pillow. I love the way that this pillow turned out and am happy to say that it is mine to enjoy for many years to come!

Here is a picture of the back of my new labels! I LOVE them. I ordered these custom fabric labels from Mad Mad Graphics on Etsy. If you want to see the front of the labels check out my last post: Spring Fling Mini Swap. I hope you all have a lovely day!

with love,

Courtney

Spring Fling Mini Swap

I've had a TON of projects in the works these past two or three months and have been waiting and waiting to finish them! I was wanting to wait until I got my logo created (and I have yay!) and got some labels made. I've done both and am plugging away at those unfinished projects! My #springflingminiswap (#haveaflingwithjen) quilt is one of these "back burner" projects!

As you can see, I've finished now and I think my partner will love it! She gets one of my first ever quilt labels and I hope she likes them, too (though I don't think anyone will ever be quite as excited as I am about them).

Here's the other side. Yes I did make a double sided mini! I saw that my partner already had something similar as what I had already created, so I decided to make a second option for her! I hope she doesn't mind and that one side will suit her taste. As I'm writing this blog post I am just now noticing just how extremely crooked the borders are on this side... I hope she doesn't mind!

I also made this zipper pouch out of my free Little Arrow Paper Pieced Pattern! I've decided it is going to be shipped as an extra for my partner in this swap. I had a lovely time creating this mini for my partner and I can't wait until it is received!

with love,

Courtney

Kitten Mini Quilt Swap

I am participating in a Kitten Mini Quilt Swap on Instagram (#kittenmqs2015). I was so excited for this swap that I finished my mini INSANELY early. It's been sitting on a chair looking super cute and I think that my partner will love it! I saw a picture of a painting on Pinterest that looked just like this and thought I'd make my own little pattern out of it. I just went to her Etsy account and saw that she paints quilt blocks! Ha, who knew?

Here is the lovely all quilted and put together. My partner had stated that she wouldn't mind a pillow cover, so that's what I've made! I'm very proud of my work on this cover and with how my quilting
turned out. I'm still crazy new at machine straight line quilting, but I am quite proud of how this turned out!

Because I finished so early, I decided to make an extra for my partner.

I made this little pouch! It could be a coin purse, but the pattern is meant for sewing notions. Link to the pattern here. It was a cute little project and I love how it turned out!

The snap took quite the effort. Curtis had to use one of his leather snaps (he makes knife sheaths) on it because I was out and didn't want to go to the store! Long story short: after about 20 minutes of effort and four hands, we managed to get it to work! I think it's super cute and I hope my partner loves it! I just can't get enough of those little Cotton and Steel tigers!

with love,

Courtney