Thursday, July 16, 2020

Colorful Dogs and Bees Tote

Here is my latest...

The main fabric has all these crazy looking dogs on it, some with their paws in the air, others with their eyeballs popping out.  I used the green fabric for contrast because it had little bees flying around, which worked well with the dogs acting nuts.


Believe it or not, I forgot to include pockets on the inside again.  The pattern doesn't include pockets in the instructions and I forgot to make a cheat sheet, so this time I inked a reminder right into the instruction booklet.  The problem is that every time I sit down to sew, I get a gazillion phone calls or someone comes to the door and I get dragged off in some different direction.  Next thing I know, I'm racing to get the tote done before the next interruption.

Without fail, my dogs always start barking at something outside whenever I'm sewing.  I've learned that I can't ignore their barking, because they are usually barking at something legitimate, like a delivery or someone trespassing.  There are more illegal activities going on during this pandemic.  It's too bad people can't entertain themselves by taking up sewing rather than breaking the law.

I looked into getting a county business license so I can open an Etsy shop to sell these totes, but the website says I have to apply in person, an hour's drive away.  Who wants to do that during a pandemic?  I've had hospital helicopters racing past my house for the past two days.  I don't even want to risk going to the grocery store at the moment.

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