A bespoke pencil case

Here's some terrific fun!Recently, I booked us a week away in Mexico, and, having C's children's art class self portraits and Frida Kahlo on our minds, we thought we'd make a couple pencils cases to take with us. After all, how hard can it be?So we got a little bit of raw canvas, cut four identical rectangles, and got to work.We drew our designs in pencil, traced over with a sharpie, and filled in with acrylics.fridaIMG_3167 copy copyfront and backIt took a couple of days, but by this afternoon, when the sewing machine was transferred from the craft room into the studio, it looks like a bomb went off in here! :DIMG_3190 copy copyI'm not a very good seamstress, and so had to look at a couple of videos about fitting a zipper, but, in the end, it wasn't too difficult.IMG_3191 copy copyBless the person who invented sergers!IMG_3189 copy copyA few final snips and...IMG_3192 copy copyTa-da! A bespoke pencil case!I love it. Now to finish C's. :Dfinished

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