My sewing case / huswife

Sorry I've been away for a while... I was offline most of it. My little sister's exams to graduate from medical school were over on Thursday, so I left for Lille on Friday morning to spend as much time as possible with her. We have a kind of twin relationship (she's just one year younger and we used to do everything together before I left to work in Paris); she has always been my bestest friend and we have found it difficult to be separated since I left to live in Paris, and not to spend much time together because of our work. We did spend a great weekend together. And she's to come and visit me in Paris soon!

Hope you all had / are having (for the Americans!) a wonderful weekend. It was so hot here, I was truly grateful to be in the North instead of stifling Paris!

Before I left, I had put the finishing touches to my sewing case. I was inspired from a dear French friend's creation . I absolutely loved adding a pocket here, a detail there... and choosing the embroidery. I had a rose-printed fabric in my stash (1 euro/metre) which I loved, so I decided to go for a total bullion rose theme.

Here's the front, when the case is closed:

(Pochette means "case". Cousette is a French nickname for "little seamstress". That's my nickname among my family and the friends who know I sew! )

2 sides open


All sides open; the largest pocket at the left can hold sewing patterns.

Fourth side: pockets for pen, seam ripper, etc.; enveloppe to keep tiny notions (buttons etc); pincushion (it is attached with Velcro, and therefore removeable). In the top left-hand corner there is another piece of velcro so I can attach a needle-case later.

Detail


another detail (with my initial! )

All I bought specifically for this project was the satin I used for the outer fabric - synthetic satin at an oriental fabric shop for 1.5 euro/metre, of which I used half a metre. I didn't mind about it being synthetic since this wasn't to make a garment! I did prewash it and it looked as great after as before.
So let's say the total cost (thread + fabric) was 3 euros. But it took me 3 days to decide about the embroidery, the pocket placement, and of course to put it together!

It was great fun, and will be so handy to store my sewing notions. It is so hard to keep our place tidy! We have one single table (except for the desks), which is at one end the dining table/Seb's usual desk, and at the other my sewing space... Believe me it's not always easy to keep my sewing things from sprawling all over! Hopefully this will help me .