So, remember how I overshared about how I loathe sewing, in my Change Table to Sewing Table post?!? Well I might have had a slight change of heart in the past month. Quick side story. After I graciously made my incredibly ungrateful sewing machine, it's very own, beautiful new desk to sit on, it decided to die on me, as I was sewing up some curtains for the boys' new room (How rude! Am I right?!) And remember how I mentioned my crazy 'nesting list' of things to get done before baby #3 arrives? Well I wasn't very happy about the situation. It was definitely a weird internal struggle. Do I completely swear off sewing, and cross off the sewing projects on my list? Or do I change my attitude about this? Well people, I decided to take the higher road, and started my search for a new sewing machine. Insert my wonderful Mother here.
My Mom is an INCREDIBLE sewer! She makes the most gorgeous and creative quilts. Her and I have had countless discussions about how it's funny that she loves to sew and I hate it. She finds it relaxing and well...I find it eternally irritating...even though I know it's a necessary skill to possess. Well she was actually here for a visit, while my sewing machine died, and she couldn't even fix it. We contemplated taking it in to get it fixed, but it wasn't worth the repair cost, since it wasn't a super high quality one, in the first place. She kept encouraging me to look at some Janomies. She has an awesome Janome and I do have to say, whenever I've used her machine, the number of swear bombs in my head were drastically different, than when I sewed with my low end Brother model. Well long story short...bless her heart, she gifted me with an early birthday present of a basic Janome model. And holy cow, people! It is the BEST! I have to admit, I still have my moments as I sew, BUT way, WAY less often, while I'm using my new machine. It seriously sews like BUT-AH! So, once again, my Momma saved the day with yet again, another sewing dilemma. So, thank you, thank you, thank you, again Mom! It feels great to be back in this crazy nesting business!
Which brings me to my next project post! ... Cash System Wallet!
I guess, this technically wasn't on my nesting list, it has kind of been on my 'list' for a while now. Back in collage, I use to follow a Cash System for budgeting. And I LOVED it! The only thing, was back then, I had just regular envelopes that I used, that were just labeled with a ballpoint pen. Since having kids, this hasn't been an option. Just the mere thought of dealing with loose change in 4 separate envelopes, while keeping a couple of grumpy kids in line, at the end of a shopping trip, while checking out, was enough to make me dismiss the thought. The past year, the desire to start it back up again, kept coming to me. I thought to myself, 'there must be some way to make it easier, like some kind of wallet I could make, to keep all the cash/coins organized and easily accessible'. My next move. Pinterest. Who knew there were so many tutorials already on there for this exact purpose!!! There are so many talented, people out there, I tell you! I sifted through some, and found a tutorial that worked for me. The one I decided to follow is from Lark and Lola! (SUPER fun blog, that you need to check out as soon as possible! So many cute things on there!)
I followed her directions fairly closely...especially with the zipper portion. Look. I know I just said "zipper"...well typed it. But do not give up! I have NEVER sewn a zipper before this project and it was SO easy! Listen people. If I can do it, so can you! She explains each step and has great pictures along the way.
The only things I changed really, were that I used duck canvas fabrics, instead of laminated ones, since duck canvas is durable enough on it's own, and I didn't have to worry about laminating any fabrics or tracking down any pre-laminated versions. And then, I made my own little labels, and used my Silhouette machine to cut out the word labels with iron-on heat transfer, instead of using an embroidery machine (I definitely don't have one of those). I think the labels turned out great and will do the trick. If you've never used iron-on heat transfer with your Silhouette before. It was super easy. Here is the little tutorial I found for it, on Silhouette.com: Heat Transfer Application.
OK, ok. I know what you're thinking by now. Why in the world does the title of this post say, "GIVEAWAY"?! Well if you scroll through, you'll see I made 3 of these bad boys.
And I decided to give one away to one of my lucky followers!
RULES are super simple! All you need to do are the following:
- 'like' and 'follow' My Eclectic Eye's Facebook page: here
- AND - make sure to 'comment' on the Cash Wallet System Giveaway post: here.
For a BONUS entry: share the Cash Wallet System Giveaway post on your timeline (and make sure it's public, so I can see that you've shared it and count your bonus entry!)
The winner will be chosen via random draw and announced a week from today: Wednesday, February 15th, 2017.
Here are some pictures of the process and end results of this fun project! I'm always here and happy to answer any questions you all have. Just pop a comment below. And happy sewing!
You are the best! I have to make this!
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