For me choosing fabrics and what I am going to make is a very organic process. I see fabrics or materials and they instantly talk to me and tell me what they want to be made into. I find it much harder to design and then pick a new fabric out. I work much better just buying something on a whim and making it work. Almost everything I buy fabric for that is planned out does not turn out as I would of wished it to. Usually I end up scraping that idea and re-working the pattern and re draping it all into something much more fantastic.
Currently I am nearly done with this piece of Leather. It told me it wanted to be a pintucked wrap skirt.
Now I am in the process of encrusting the closing flap with Swavorski crystals and glass beads.
It was a bit laborious going through this on my Innov-is 80 Brother machine but she toughed it out and all I needed was to change my leather needle about 3 times. I'm always suprised how well that little electronic machine can handle heavy fabrics. Still I prefer my Sears Kenmore for heavy leather. It was a good experiment.
Very soon I am getting a new machine! The Brother sewing and embroidary machine Innov-is 900D!
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