Wot I made this week

[louiselux]

My new product development! Mills and Boon wallets o'romance. I'm really pleased how these turned out, although the vinyl is a real bitca to sew. Thank you , toscas_kiss, for the lend of the special grabber foot. Total lifesaver.











And an Agatha Christie:


I also found some awesome mouldy paperbacks today, all old Sherlock Holmes covers that have a bit of potential. One of them shows Holmes gripping a cock in one hand, round the neck.

Also, I might (no, I mean, I AM going to) be doing nano tomorrow with emungere. We have a plan! Sort of.

Comments

[moshesque.livejournal.com]

I absolutely love these! Omg, so fab. *__*

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm so glad! *massive beaming*

[avierra.livejournal.com]

OMG, Harlequin wallets. That is too awesome :D

EDIT: And YAY on your collaboration. I am looking forward to seeing what you come up with :D

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Harlequins! I was trying to remember the US version of these. A lot of the UK ones have really dodgy titles and heroes who are total bastards.

Aww, thanks about Nano! I'm excited and kind of terrified about it.

[avierra.livejournal.com]

Yes, in teh US they are going through a phase where they have horrific titles: "The Italian Billionaire's Secret Virgin Mistress" (that's one I made up but... "Mistress to the Merciless Millionaire" is a real title). D:

The heroes are in fact completely bastards, but I bet they'd make hysterical and awesome wallets.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Yes yes! The Mills and Boons are doing the same thing: 'Bedded for pleasure, married to be used as a baby machine'. They get really specific!

Walletise those dudes, now.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

Harlequins, and also Silhouettes! Which are owned by the same company now.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

I have one now called 'Pleasured in the Billionaire's bed'.

[gen50.livejournal.com]

oh. i like the clock! The H.G. Wells one.
and i didnt notice now you have CCs and not just paypal.

i kind of like the pleasured in .... one. real amusing as a gift
got a price for it?

i am a bit worried about the shipping here.
how are you going to ship it to Manila?
especially if i decide i like the clock one.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Oh, hmmm. I think those credit card icons only mean that you can pay using credit cards through paypal. Otherwise there is the option of money orders. I don't know if that suits you?

Shipping to Manila would take about 5 days. I'd send it airmail, otherwise we're looking at a 1-2 month delivery time.

I haven't actually made the pleasured wallet yet, but it would be 13 uk pounds.

Thanks for you interest! :)

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

Those are fantastic! I kind of want one, now...

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Thank you, that makes me v happy! I know I must be doing something right then. :)

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

Hurray for the wallets and for your NaNo plans!

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Hoorah! Nano alarms me slightly, but I am feeling all determined. Are you still busy with your Weimar fic? Is it going to turn into a nano all by itself?

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

No NaNo for me this year! I'm still too wrecked to make a go of it. But the Weimar fic is going on apace - over 10K words, only another 3-4K to go. It's rather hilarious how much the characters are smoking - fag after fag gets consumed in just about every bit of the fic :-)

[cimness.livejournal.com]

*_* Awesome! How do you make them? Is it super-hard? Are you selling them at Etsy or somewhere? Are you going to do more of them? Do they have multiple pockets inside? (I'm a big fan of this type of wallet, can you tell?)

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

:D I'm really pleased you like them! I plan to make lots more. I'm getting obsessed with finding the awesome cheesy romance titles.

I have an Etsy shop here, where they can be bought. I also do commissions privately or through the shop, depending on if I know the person or not.

They're relatively easy to make, as long as you have the much-prized teflon foot for your machine, otherwise sewing vinyl will just make you cry. I have a grabber foot that does just as well - it has a wee roller to grab slippery materials and feed it along the dogs. Once the vinyl is sewn to the cover, then it's a matter of making a lining - mine is a really simple pattern of two pockets, one each side, below. The hardest part is keeping everything straight and neat looking.



Then add a loop of elastic and a button for the closure (or a popper or velcro or whatever you want to use. I finally attach the cover to the lining using super strong permanent adhesive.

[stormcloude]

Oooh, those are adorable! How do you get the covers in vinyl?

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Thank you, yay! :D

I cut the vinyl to size then sew it on to the cover. I can only do this because I have a special foot for my machine which copes with slippery fabric. I tried it without and the vinyl just sticks in the machine.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Those wallets are awesome. And yay Nano!

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Double yayness!

[chomiji]

Good luck with Nano!

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm feeling pretty excited!

[graculus.livejournal.com]

One of them shows Holmes gripping a cock in one hand, round the neck.

Can't believe so many comments and no question so far about who's been spying on him and Watson? ;)

You sure it's not a badly-drawn goose, as one appears in The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle...

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

I know, right! Looking at it more closely, I see it's just the head of a cock. Or possibly a turkey. This is for the cover of 'His Last Bow' and for the life of me I can't remember a decapitated chicken in any of those stories.

[morebliss.livejournal.com]

Those are fantastic! You iz clever.

*smooch*