July 5: Travel Accessories

Lately, for some reason, I am having trouble finding motivation and time to update the blog. Still, I have been up to a few creative projects over the past week. Today I made it a point to put "update blog" on my to do list, so it is happening.

Early, early tomorrow morning (4 am early) I am headed to Haiti. Yup, the time is finally here; remember my cell phone case update with a pic from the orphanage, about a month back. While spending time collecting my traveling gear and packing and repacking several times, I found the time to sew up some travel accessories, just for fun. For a while I have wanted a passport wallet, so that was first on my list. I also made a quick i-pod case and a small messenger bag (which in the end I decided was not big enough, therefore it will not be making the trip to Haiti, thought I would show you pictures anyway).

Passport Wallet

I followed a great tutorial on Chubby Hobby. It was clearly written, had good pictures, and it only took me about half and hour to complete. Love it all! On a side note, I did not use interfacing because I did not have any and was not in the mood to run to the fabric store.

i-pod Case

This I just made up and of course did not take pictures of the process. I am the worst at that. I will try to explain in words. I cut a two rectangles, 6" x 7". Right sides together, I stitched around all sides, leaving an opening for turning. I turned fabrics right sides out. I folded fabric in half, side you want to face out, facing in, and stitched around three sides (leave top open). Turn so outside fabric is facing out. It fits snugly, which is good because I did not make any type of closure. If I make another, I would probably make it slightly larger and add some type of closure, perhaps a elastic and button similar to the passport wallet.

Messenger Bag

I followed a tutorial on Between the Lines for the messenger bag. I made my strap longer than she did because she made it for her daughter and I intended mine for an adult. I also skipped the ruffle and added a zipper. 

Well, here comes another week of not posts. I will try and get some creative photos while in Haiti to share on my return. Hope you are having some summer adventures of your own!