This is handmade by me, for the love of crafts, to relax, or just for fun.
This is a special request from my friend Paulina, it was a B-day present, but I forgot to take pictures before I gave it to her, so I ask my friend to take pictures before she gave it to the b-day girl. and she send me this, don’t you love the chair??? I really liked the composition of the photo, I ask my friend Paulina, to borrow her house for the next shootings.
Do you remember that I was trying to make a bag that I found on a magazine? well I have finished it, I know, it doesn’t look exactly like the magazine, but still I really liked the way it turn out to be. I leave the tutorial, sorry, I’m not very good writing tutorials but I’ll try to do my best.
T U T O R I A L
1.- Cut 2 A, 2 B and 2 C, and 2 A for lining.
B has to be double the length of the inside curve.
2.- Fold B in half lengthwise.
Make the gathering along the edge with basting stitches.
3.- Mark center of A and B
Pin gathered B to center and corners of A right sides facing
stitch around the edges of inside curve
Topstitch to finish
Do the same for other side of the bag.
4.- join 2 A right sides facing and stitch around outside curve
turn, and attach lining the easiest way you know.
(sorry about this part, it was a bit complicated to attach the lining and I can’t explain it in English)
5.- Fold C in half lengthwise, stitch around the seam edges, leave one side open to turn, turn and iron to make your handles.
insert the handles into the gathered tube made from B, make a bow, and “taran” your bag is ready.
Sorry I told you I’m not very good with Tutorial, hope it works for you, I’ll try to take pictures of the process to explain better.
S A F A R I
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A F R I C A
Shoulder bag, with hand painted detail
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G I R A S O L E S
Shoulder bag, with decorated key chain, braided straps and wooden rings.
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L A C A T R I N A
Special request.
Bored as I am sometimes, wanting to make something but not sure what, I was watching an episode of Grey´s Anatomy eating some chips and this thought came to my head: could I turn this chips bag into a coin purse mmmh… I trow the rest away, washed the envelope, and try to see if my sewing machine can sew on this plastic.
Surprise! it does, but only with some fabric under it. I think this is a cool way to recycle chips bags. Now i just told my friends: if you eat chips save the envelope for me and I will make you something nice out of it, I got so obsessed about this that i also put a card box in the grocery store near my house to get people recycle their chips bags. We´ll see if it works.
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Aburrida y con ganas de hacer algo pero sin saber que, mientras veia un episodio de Anatomia de Grey y disfrutaba unas ricas papitas se me vino una idea a la cabeza: podre convertir esta bolsa de papas en un monederito? mmmmm…. tire lo que habia en la bolsa, lave la bolsita e hice una prueba para ver si mi maquina lo podia coser.
Sorpresa!! si se pudo, pero solo con un poco de tela debajo, para que la maquina pueda avanzar mientras cose. Creo que es un proyecto chido para reciclar, ahora ando buscando por todos lados bolsas de sabirtas vacias, ya les pedi a mis amigos que si comen sabritas me guarden la bolsita, me obsesione un poco con este proyecto, ja ja ja, pues ya hasta puse una caja de carton en la tienda cerca de mi casa para reciclar las bolsitas de sabritas. Veremos si funciona.
Por cierto mientras traducia esta nota, se me olvido la plabra con la que nos referimos a la bolsita de sabritas, mi mente de plano lo bloqueo, y lo tengo aqui, en la punta de la lengua, y se que no podre descansar hasta no encontrar esa palabra, ja ja ja.
I know it looks like I haven´t done any crafts recently, I swear I had.. but I havent post about it, I´m sorry! I was invited to a Fashion show in Playa del Carmen for mothers day, they wanted to use my bags for the models and in exchange they will give me a place to sell my stuff during the show. But unfortunatly the show was cancel due the swine flu. All massive events were canceled and this was one of them.
But before this happened I was working and working to get something done for the show, I don´t have anything left since I´ve sold almost everything that I have made.
This are some of the things I´ve been making. This flower patches were made by Mayan Women, I bought them on a trip to Valladolid Yucatan, I wish I had bought more, originally I wanted to use them on bags, but one day I found a brown Tank top that I really like but was accidentally stained with bleach, and I though hey maybe I can cover the stain with one of this patches, I tried it and I could not stop sewing this to some new tank tops I had laying around. As you have seen I have this obsession with Yucatan embroidery. 
I think I´m coming back to Valladolid to get some more.
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Se que parece como que no he hecho mucho ultimamente, he dejado un poco abandonado mi blog, pero tengo una buena excusa, me invitaron a participar en un desfile de modas en Playa del Carmen para el dia de las madres, me pidieron usar mis bolsas para las modelos, y a cambio me darian un espacio en la plaza para vender ese dia. Desafortunadamente el desfile se cancelo debido a las alertas de influenza, todos los eventos masivos fueron cancelados y este era uno de ellos.
Todo lo que habia hecho lo he vendido ya, asi que tuve que ponerme a trabajar arduamente para poder tener material para el desfile de modas, entre unas de las cosas que he estado haciendo, estan estas camisetas, los parches de flores estan hechos por mujeres mayas, los compre en un viaje a Valladolid Yucatan, ojala hubiera comprado mas. Originalmente los queriausar para bolsas, pero un dia encontre una camiseta que me gustaba mucho, se habia manchado con cloro, y se me ocurrio que tal vez podria tapar la mancha con una de estas flroes, lo probe y me gusto tanto que no pude parar, use unas camisetas que tenia por ahi para otro proyecto y a coser se ha dicho. mmmm creo que tengo una obsesion con los bordados yucatecos creo que pronto regresare a valladolid por mas.
I saw this bag in a magazine, and really really liked it, and today I decided to give it a try, maybe I could make one for myself.
After many trials and errors, I kind of get it. Sorry this is a raw model, I didn´t want to spend a lot of time with the lining and details and maybe it will not be right at the end. But now that I know it kind of looks like the one in the magazine I will make a good one.
Has anybody made a bag like this? any advice on sewing round stuff?
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Vi esta bolsa en una revista y me encanto, asi que hoy decidi intentarlo, a ver si me puedo hacer una igual.
Despues de muchas pruebas fallidas, como que me salio bien al fin, Disculpen es un modelos burdo, no queria gastar mucho tiempo con los detalles y el forro y que al final no me quedara bien.
Alguien de Ustedes ha hecho una bolsa como esta, algun consejo para coser en redondo?
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These typically are the good days for Cancun, a busy time where the locals catch their breathe between the madness of Spring Break and the high summer national tourist seasons. Several Cancun Hotels are offering a “Swine flu free travel program”, a campaign that promises you three years of free vacations if you get H1N1 while in their hotels. This expresses the high confidence that it is indeed safe to travel to Mexico. The tourism boards and travel service companies are working diligently to ensure that visitors start to return to Mexico, to a safe and healthy environment for all to enjoy.
It’s a great time to book a trip down to the Mexican Caribbean, some great deals and great weather, if you love Mexico, pack your suitcase, take a plane and come down here. Great package deals are popping up, if you don’t have a trip planned, now would be a great time. With so few people in the area at the moment, it will almost be like a private vacation. Come to cancun!!!
Swine flu it’s controlled, everybody I know agree that this look more shocking that it was… Probably because the news make it look bigger that it was at least here in Cancun, things were not that bad, there were only a few cases in this part of the country.
Of course I’m just talking of what I see, what surrounds me. I don’t mean to minimize it, is jut that I don’t know of anyone who died of “influenza”.
In the case of Cancun, where everything depends on tourism, the tragedy came not from the flu itself, but from the economic crisis that came as the result of the influenza,The most important tourist destination in the country and the Caribbean, now faces one of the most acute crisis, provoqued by cancellations of flights from United States, Canada, Spain , Germany and United Kingdom. The lack of tourists in Cancun, provoked that many hotels closed down until the high season. Workers are being fired or put on mandatory rest period for even 60 days with out salary; the news report 20,000 unemployed people in the state. I heard that the unemployment rate is bigger than when Wilma hit the State 3 years ago.
So right now this is what worries us the most, loosing our jobs (for those who still have it), finding a job (for those who lost it), feeding their families, paying the bills, and in most cases I’ve heard people is worried about what will this 20,000 unemployed people will do, we wonder if assault and house robbery will be provoked by this. Every day I hear of someone who lost their job or had their wages cut or are living on absolutely nothing. Most people are hopeful and can see a brighter future ahead, but it doesn’t make it any easier to survive right now.
On May 15th, The State Governor, Lic. Félix A. González Canto, confirmed that with the withdrawal of travel restrictions by the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Israel, Argentina, Peru and Ecuador, the recovery of tourism in the destinations of Quintana Roo will be immediate. Local authorities have lifted the restrictions places on bars and restaurants, all facilities are now allowed to operate at 100% in Cancun and Quintana Roo. Hopefully with the travel alerts being lifted the hotels will re-open very soon and the area can start trying to recuperate.
* Prepares Q. Roo massive evacuation of tourists, Although not yet recorded a single case of H1N1 influenza, more than 40 foreign tourists who are in Cancun and the Riviera Maya prepare their departure as a preventive measure, reported Latif Sara Ruiz Chávez, Secretary of Tourism state.
*Mexicans’ quarantine ‘and imminent risk of pandemic, Mexicans should stay in their homes until Monday to prevent the spread of swine flu that left eight dead in this country and one in United States and threatens to become so “imminent” in a pandemic, as WHO warned.
What is happening right now in Cancun? Not much of anything really, it’s pretty quiet out in the streets. It kind of looks like a regular day, only that people look stressed about the economic situation that is to come, since Quintana Roo mayor economic is Tourism, and with no tourist around, all of them are sent back to their countries, so people is a think, more worried about this that they are about influenza itself. No one knows when are things going back to normal, yesterday there was only schools and big clubs, Today we will be asked to close the restaurant, and also will other bars and restaurants in Puerto Morelos until Monday. I do have my regular job at the tourism bureau so that is kind of a relief, but imagine all the people that works in restaurants, or hotels, or clubs the will be with out work for a few days if not more. So no I’m starting to worry about this. Yesterday I was calm, didn’t believe nothing will happen here.
And as I’m in the 4 walls of my office, making calls, trying to find out the latest reports about this, I start to realize that this is Real, and it’s getting seroius, and I feel like craying, but as soon as I go out and see that people outside are not panicking, I try to do the same.
QUINTANA ROO TOURISM MINISTRY
OFFICIAL STATEMENT
“FACING THE HEATH CRISIS IN MEXICO QUINTANA ROO
STRENGTHENS PREVENTIVE MEASURES”
The Secretary of Tourism of Quintana Roo (Sedetur) reports that, based on data provided by the Ministry of Health has not filled any cases of swine influenza in the tourist destinations in Quintana Roo. Despite the increase in the alert phase from 4 to 5 issued by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The tourism industry has extreme health measures in all hotels, restaurants and shops of the tourist corridor of the Mexican Caribbean.
The tourism secretariat indicates that for the disposal of the Federal Ministry of Communications and Transportation, starting tomorrow Thursday April 30 will be provided to Cancun International Airport 50 infrared thermometers, which measure the temperature of all passengers entering and leaving the destination. This in order to strengthen the preventive measures implemented in the State. Airport authorities reported that these thermometers measure temperature without physical contact with the passenger and that these actions will allow the detection of the main symptoms of the virus.
Given the restrictions on travel to Mexico, issued by the countries of the G-7, a significant decrease in occupancy levels for all destinations in Quintana Roo as well as a lowering in the air traffic operations.
Provisions of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), museums and archaeological sites around the country, starting today will remain closed until further notice.
The authorities of the State of Quintana Roo, as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) has called citizens and tourists to avoid concentrations of more than 80 people indoors, so consequently a large number of establishments, between clubs and restaurants are out of service temporarily.
Theme parks across the state are maintained in their normal operating hours are used, since all these activities operate in open spaces. The shopping malls are operating as usual as well the marinas.
The state government maintains a constant monitoring of the health of citizens and tourists and is prepared to act if necessary.
The Mexican Caribbean tourist destinations have not so far submitted any cases of swine influenza among visitors and workers in the tourism industry.
This are the latest news from my office. While all of this happens I kind of feel that is not happening here you know. You see the news about other states and you see people are freaking out.. everybody is at home, in Mexico city all the restaurants, bars, movie theaters, museums, clubs, everything is closed, the schools are shut.. some people is not even going to work. Here in Cancun, everything is a bit calm, people is getting precautions but are not panicked, just worried about surviving the lack of tourists due to the cancellation of flights, cruises and the travel advisories from around the world, this was not a very good high season, and we were kind of hopping we have a few months till the low season, but I guess this year low season came sooner.
Most people here are not wearing face masks, only a few store and restaurant employees have them on. I went to the Airport today, to pick up a friend that came from Mexico City, and it was shocking to see everybody coming out of the plane with face masks, it was like a end of the world type of movie. I tried to buy some face mask for my employees at the restaurant but I could not find any.. GONE out of stock, they are nowhere to be found in town.
Mexicans often head for the comic side of things, and this is just of those opportunities we couldn’t miss:
And in case you don’t get to find a face mask:
NY, NY
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* American animals, at Natural History Museum
* Dinosaurs.
* Indian Tribes
And this is just for my craftster friends, a picture of how they made textiles.
more of Natural History Museum
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* Central Park
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* Seaport
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* Night out with the girls and our friends.
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* Re-building the WTC
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* Chinatown
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* Museum of Modern Art!!!!
Chain silver knitting
Plates lamp
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* The girls and me freezing!!
I’m so excited, I’m going to NY for the first time, only 5 days. But Im so excited!!! it will also be my first time in the States, so there’s so many things I want to do… and so little time. Empire State and Chrysler Buildings, the Statue of Liberty, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, the Bronx Zoo, Brooklyn Bridge, the Metropolitan Museum, Natural History Museum, the Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Van Courtland House Museum, the Museum of Sex, Bodies, and so other many things like fabric shops, trim shops, button shops, craft supply shops, bead shops…. Damn! I want to do all of this in 5 days?????
Looking around for places to shop for supplies and came across this site www.sistahcraft.typepad.com I send her a message asking for tips and the best places to shop… she was great, sahara gave me lots of places to shop and she even told me she could take me shopping, Great!!!!!! I can’t wait to meet her.
Since I live in the Caribbean, I was worried about the weather in NY, it’s going to be cold!!! I wish I could find some outfits like this from College Fashion’s what to wear in winter, Which it’s a bit hard to find in Cancun.
So, I’m just going to take the warmest cloth I have, and maybe borrow something from a friend…. I can’t wait to be in NY.
I apologize because it’s been a really long time since I last posted. It is just too hard to organize myself, with work, the restaurant and the everyday chores.
I also have good reasons why I have been away:
* I got bags request for a bikini store in Playa del Carmen, I’m working and working but somehow I don’t seem to finish. I get easily distracted with ideas and want to try them right away, I am just too impatient at times.
* We have a new “Delegado” (mayor) and I offer to help with graphics for the events and promotion of Puerto Morelos, and along with that came the DIF ( an organization to help the family development), Conanp (National commission of protected areas), so I’ve been doing a lot of graphics.
* And of course, the restaurant. It’s high season in Puerto Morelos, the restaurant it’s getting known and people are coming back and recommending it to their friends!
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