bit of this, bit of that

I haven't posted here for a while mainly because I haven't finished anything, despite having many projects on the go. Got a couple of pics of some clothes I've made over the past few months: 

~ dress made from Japanese lawn fabric, using a dress bought ages ago as a base pattern

~ cotton canvas jacket made using a vintage 1950s pattern

~ bright floral shirt made using a Burda pattern (love that fabric!)

~ grey jersey top made using a similar top as base pattern, nice drape...

Here are are some projects I'm working on, some new, some have been going for a couple of years... not that I have issues with completion or anything...

~ couple of embroidery things
~ a quilt, my first ever....
~ crochet granny hexagons (variation of granny square) which will combine to form a blanky, once I've made 144 of them...sheesh....

Embroider me

Recently I came across an embroidery technique called 'sashiko'. I got a bit excited about this and decided to use it for purse project. Lately I've been dashing out of the house without a bag, stuffing my purse and phone into my pockets, but my purse is too big for this kind of carry on. I made this purse only slightly larger than my phone to comfortably contain phone, cash, and cards in 3 internal pockets. It's a bit rough around the edges (zipper was tricky) but it functions well. The embroidery was fun and now I'm planning more sashiko experiments...