A Finished Mini Poppins

I am tickled with how cute it is!

I think I’d like to make the full-size Poppins Bag at some point, so I may go ahead and sign up for the class in September. And I still have another set of stays for this size bag. Now that I am familiar with the construction, a second one of these wouldn’t take too long.

The inside:

I really wish I had more of that outside fabric. It is very cool, but I think it was a remnant and who knows when I bought it?

Overall, this was a fun project. I loved all the clever little details and new techniques. I was able to make it entirely with supplies from my stash, which is always a bonus. (And probably says something about the size of my stash.)

What to start next?

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I’ve been catching up on my podcast listening while sewing. I was very much missing the Peak Prosperity podcast, by Chris Martenson, because he took some time off from the podcast to do a series of YouTube videos on the coronavirus. His interview with Peter Sandman entitled, “How Your Ability to Process Risk Can Save Your Life,” provided some good insight. Chris also interviewed Neil Howe, one of the co-authors of The Fourth Turning, who always has a fascinating perspective on what’s happening around us.

I’ve got an episode on working with linen queued up on the Love to Sew podcast and one on tracing RTW garments from the Sewing Out Loud podcast. One of my new favorite homesteading podcasts is We Drink and We Farm Things, “the farm comedy podcast where we drink adult beverages, farm, and give zero clucks about not having the perfect farm life.” The hosts are highly entertaining, but one of them sounds exactly like one of the hosts of the Love to Sew podcast and that’s a bit disconcerting.

I also ran across a wonderful series of videos on YouTube from The Gourmet Quilter (“…because quilting is delicious!”). Susan-Claire Mayfield lives in New Zealand and offers a series of patterns she calls Tasty Treats. One of her Tasty Treats for 2020 has been 20 pincushions in 20 days—the patterns are available for purchase on her site and each has a short accompanying YouTube video. I’ve been enjoying the videos very much and may purchase the patterns as I realized yesterday that I do not have enough pincushions. (I was looking for one to take out to the porch with me while I sewed the bottom onto the Mini Poppins bag.) I should use up that 25-pound bag of crushed walnut shells I bought a few years ago.