Oh my, what an exciting event! I was going through my Craft Happy inventory when I found a little daffodil pouch I made months ago, I think last August or so. It was one of the first pouches I ever made — if not the very first — and while the machine sewing went fine, I couldn’t figure out how to do the hand stitching so it wouldn’t show.
See the awkward stitches on the upper-right corner seam?
This poor little flower has been languishing in the Seconds section of my Etsy shop ever since then, garnering a strangely high number of views and hearts, but never the love it deserved. I picked it up today and looked sadly at the stitching, and then realized that here was a perfect opportunity to use my new ability to invisibly slip stitch! Armed with my trusty seam ripper and a needle and thread, I sent the pouch into surgery.
Behold, ladies and gentlemen (do any gentlemen read this blog?!), the power of invisible hand stitching! From sad second to a proud regular-price item, this daffodil has been given a new lease on life!
No more ucky visible side seams!
We caught up with this pouch today for an exclusive interview.
SATSUMAART: Congratulations, little daffodil, on your life-changing surgery and quick recovery! Tell me, how do you feel?
DAFFY: *giddily* Oh, everything’s different for me now! Before, I always felt inferior to my younger sisters and brothers. Even though I’m the oldest of them all, I’ve always been the smallest and the least perfect. I never got to hang out in the Small Pouches category with them, or meet new people who came to ooh and ahh over all of them!
SATSUMA: But now you will!
DAFFY: I’m so happy I could cry. Now, finally, I’ll be able to hold my head up high.
SATSUMA: Um, you haven’t got a head. You’re a drawstring pouch.
DAFFY: *with dignity* Your words can’t hurt me now.
So there you have it, straight from the pouch’s mouth, er, yes. You’ll forgive me if I’m a little silly — how can I help but be delighted at fixing a problem that’s bothered me since last summer?!
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yay! the little pouch has a new lease on life 🙂
wow what a difference the different seams and different (more experienced?) photography can make!
Yes — I’ve learned to use my macro lens. 😀
Hahahhahahahahhaha…
Oh my god, that was hilarious! And totally in tune with the absurd way that I think 😉 The pouch looks wonderful!!
That’s because it’s happier now! 😉
lol so cute. yay for daffy pouch! i really did like the handstitching you had prior to giving daffy a new lease on life. 🙂
Hee 🙂 Thank you! I might have liked it more if I had done it on purpose. ;b Maybe I’ll try visible stitching as a design element on some other project!