Hello blog world!
This is my inaugural post of Crafting Actuary! I'm an actuary (well, an actuarial trainee), and I craft and sew to de-stress while studying! Mostly this blog is going to be my space to share what I'm making, for whoever wants to read it!
What I'm making this week is wristlets. I love to sew, but eight thousand pillows isn't really useful for anyone, and my first (well, actually second) foray into quilting is going well, but is really going pretty slowly. So, back to wristlets! I've never really made anything useful before, so it's a work in progress. My first try, I was unsuccessful in attaching the fabric to the zipper (my first time with zippers, too!), but by the second time, I had the process down.
I made purses with two different zipper sizes - 4 inches and 6 inches. I think I like the 6 inch zipper better. It was a really easy process! First, I layered the outer fabric, batting, and inner fabric, and pinned them together.
Then, I quilted the layers together - also my first time using the walking foot!
I trimmed the fabrics to be a rectangle, and then cut it into 5''x8'' rectangles. Then I sewed two rectangles onto each zipper (photo to come later) and then sewed the layers together with a wrist strap in between. I ended up making them in two different colors.
I'm pretty excited to start distributing them to my friends for test runs! I have a few ideas to make them better (for one, something to hide the inner seams), but I think people should like them.
Until next time!
This is my inaugural post of Crafting Actuary! I'm an actuary (well, an actuarial trainee), and I craft and sew to de-stress while studying! Mostly this blog is going to be my space to share what I'm making, for whoever wants to read it!
What I'm making this week is wristlets. I love to sew, but eight thousand pillows isn't really useful for anyone, and my first (well, actually second) foray into quilting is going well, but is really going pretty slowly. So, back to wristlets! I've never really made anything useful before, so it's a work in progress. My first try, I was unsuccessful in attaching the fabric to the zipper (my first time with zippers, too!), but by the second time, I had the process down.
I made purses with two different zipper sizes - 4 inches and 6 inches. I think I like the 6 inch zipper better. It was a really easy process! First, I layered the outer fabric, batting, and inner fabric, and pinned them together.
Then, I quilted the layers together - also my first time using the walking foot!
I'm pretty excited to start distributing them to my friends for test runs! I have a few ideas to make them better (for one, something to hide the inner seams), but I think people should like them.
Until next time!
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