I'm still sewing!

Had to do a bit of troubleshooting on the Rocketeer with the help of my Ravelry sewing friends, but I think it's running ok now.  Luckily the stuff from the Touch & Sew 640 fits on the Rocketeer (except for the chain stitch plate) so I didn't have to buy anything to figure out what was going wrong. :-)  It's a bit more complicated than my other machines, so it will take some getting used to.

I did get the Hobo bag done - it was a lot simpler than I expected, though the polka-dotted lining made me dizzy while sewing!  It's really floppy, so I stuffed some plastic bags in it to take the picture but I don't think they helped much:

I also made a scrap bag out of leftovers from my first bag, to keep my sewing area a bit neater:

I put a buttonhole on the top so it will hang off of the knob on the sewing desk.  It's definitely handy, though a bit bigger than I needed (but smaller than the original pattern called for).

And I started on the apron, which is actually super-easy as well but I'm debating whether I should line it or not as it's very flimsy and I'm not keen on the seams being out in the open, as it were.  I'd probably start the lining above the flounce if I do it, but I'll need to wash the pieces before I get any further I'm doing to do that since the two fabrics will probably shrink differently.


Look what I found on my ceiling this past week!

And here she is up close after I took her outside:

Best photo I've ever gotten with that camera, I think!  I don't think she really appreciated my photography attempts though - she kept trying to hide her face. :-)

Now I know...

why I would try sewing for awhile and quit - I'm lousy at it!  But, the bag is finally done!

I ripped and re-sewed just about every seam on this (except for the handles) - some of them multiple times.  The instructions weren't quite as detailed as I needed - bags look quite simple to make, and they can be easy - if you've already done one or two or have someone handy to help you.  This bag is definitely not perfect, but hopefully I learned some stuff doing this.

And I'm not giving up on sewing yet - next is this hobo bag.

It's a little different than the first bag, but hopefully I learned enough from the first bag for it to go a little bit easier.  And I'll be using the Rocketeer, once I get the Fashion Mate out of the Touch &Sew desk and back into it's own stand. :-D

(And as you can see, it wasn't too hard to do!)