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

[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.