Rachel Says So

I was going to tell you so many things tonight but you know how when you go out to a buffet or a potluck and it all looks so wonderful and delicious and you try to eat just a little bit of everything but it quickly multiplies and suddenly you're wishing you had worn your stretchy pants? That's what this weekend has been like. Too full. Almost uncomfortably so. I had to take a two hour nap this afternoon to recover but cancelled it out by waking up and going to an impromptu mini family reunion followed by a friend's birthday party.

So I'm beat but I cannot rest until I show you my latest felty creation. My friend Hannah - proud owner of the Richard Simmons Stocking - commissioned me to make a Macbook cover for a friend:

Yeah, it's Gandalf.

Gandalf!!!!

I was giddy with excitement when she asked. I love commission work, mostly because it gives me license to wear a beret and a sour expression and tell people that I'm a paid artist. But also because I love making new things that I wouldn't necessarily come up with myself.

Some details:

I wasn't sure how I was going to make the closures so I ended up wandering the notions section of Joannes and came across these clasps. Genius!

And please note that I used ring fabric to line it. Because I'm super artsy and clever like that.

I made it with just the measurements so I was a bit nervous when Hannah came over for a fitting...after it was already sewn together. But it fit like a dream. Angels may have been singing when it went in. Or maybe that was me and Hannah.

Wait til you see what Hannah has commissioned for herself. She has the vision.