What exactly is Heidi Creating these days?

This time I thought I'd share some of my latest creations.

The scarf is only partially my creation. It was knitted for me by my fabulous step-mother. (Knitted? Is that really a word?) Saw some trim for sale at the fabric store once with little pastel buttons dangling from bits of rick-rack. I thought it was so cute...till I saw the $12/yard price tag. The scarf is so wide, I would have needed almost 2 yards! Then, I heard the little voice in my head: “I could make that myself!” I have a love/hate relationship with that voice. It's always telling me I can do that myself, but never gives me the time to do it. It took me a while, but I did actually create the trim for the scarf. I love it!





I have also recently been on a purse kick. The purse with the dots was the first one. It turned out great, and even made one for a friend just like it. But, for me, its a bit small. So, I thought I'd try again, making it bigger. I increased the size of each of the stripes, but once they were sewn together, I realized it was going to be too big. My choices were to rip the seams between the stripes and trim each one proportionately to keep the look of the first bag (not), or just take some off the top and some off the bottom. That's what I did, but when it was finished, I no longer liked the look of the stripes. The green one was just too big.

I figured, since I'm not real keen on it, I'd post it on my Etsy site (www.HeidiCreates.etsy.com). And I was back to the smaller purse, and back to the drawing board, so to speak.

I actually go in phases with purse sizes. I'll carry around everything but the kitchen sink, until I get tired of it. Then, I'll see a cute small purse and buy it (or, now, make it!). After a while, I get frustrated because I always seem to not have what I want/need because it doesn't fit in my purse. Eventually, I go back to a bigger one, that I either already have and return to service, or I find a new one to buy. (Bad, bad Heidi.) I'll carry around everything but the kitchen sink, until I get tired of it. Then I'll see a cute small purse...

After my near-successes with making purses, I was back perusing the all-mighty Internet for more ideas. Lo and behold, there were ideas-a-plenty. I found a picture of one that I really liked, but wasn't willing to cough up to buy the pattern for it. So I had to make it up. It's the floral one. It turned out kind of like the original picture, but that's all just part of the creative process. (At least, MY creative process!) Even if I'm trying to copy something, it never turns out quite the same. 99 times out of 100, I'm ok with that. I really like the purse, and I've gotten compliments on it, which is always nice.

There always seems to be room for tweaking, though...