Friday 16 September 2011

FNSI

Tonight is Friday Night Sew In and I'm going to be working on my Southern Belle bag again. I'm doing it all by hand which is taking a while but I think that, because the pieces are small and the piecing a bit tricky, I'm probably better off doing it this way than fiddling about in and out of the machine. Also, I want to use this bag when I go to Japan and so wanted to make it in a more traditional way. The Japanese do most of their sewing by hand, from choice and also from space restrictions. Most of us have a sewing area, or even a room or purpose built atelier if we're really fortunate. In Japan homes tend to be smaller and a sewing room is reduced to a specific chair, with a box of fabric and notions along side. Julie, who now lives in Tokyo, posted a great picture of her sewing chair here. Back to the bag. I am now piecing the front of the bag, eight small "flower" blocks. I'll post a photo in the morning, in the meantime, have a great FNSI and thank you Heidi and Bobbi for hosting again.

3 comments:

  1. Enjoy Friday night sew in. Thanks for sending me to visit Julie. I left a comment there. I'm with Myra tonight and will go to Kit first thing tomorrow - having a great time so farm - Hugs Nat

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  2. I haven't checked in with you in a while - glad to hear about your projects. And ooh, I wish I was going to Japan with Nat as well - such a great group of people.

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  3. I would like so much to have a sewing group, but it seems that I can not find one here in Florence.
    I admire Julie and the way she can work in a restricted space, it seems to me that space is never enough as far as I am concerned!

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