Jen's Sew Creative

Jen's Sew Creative All kinds of hand sewn and hand made goodies for people and pets. All kinds of items for pets and gifts for those who love their pets.

08/29/2026

Adding the velcro pieces to the inside of the flap. These get sewn into place in the end. But I place them with pieces of double sided sewing tape/fuse so they stay in place for sewing. (All of my pieces of velcro on my rollie pollie organizers are done like that).
After placing them, I turn it over and weight the piece down for at least several hours to help the fusible tape do it's job. It does not hold the velcro fully, but enough for me to sew it to the bag a bit easier.

08/29/2026

Video of me putting the individual pouch pieces together. For this project, you fuse the outer and inner layers of the pouch pieces together with a stiffening layer and the fusible layer. After combined, I trimmed up any thread and evened out the fused pieces. Then used my template to cut the guide notches for sewing together.
This is the first time the inside of the pouch is not the same color or in the shade of the outer fabric. I chose to do all 4 with the dark grey I chose for the inside of the outer wrap. The zippers for each pouch are also a dark grey.

08/25/2026

After painting with the 4 colors, I went in with "Platinum", which has a glitter/sparkle effect, and sponged that onto the areas that had no color from the random painting and in spots that were "light" on color, until I liked how it looked.
In hindsight sight, I think I should have sponged the 4 colors on instead of using the paint brushes, but I still liked it.

The finished outside piece, hanging to air dry after heat setting and hand rinsing.I think it looks pretty good.Again, ...
08/25/2026

The finished outside piece, hanging to air dry after heat setting and hand rinsing.
I think it looks pretty good.
Again, still practicing with the inks and trying things.

08/25/2026

This is a sped up clip of me painting the 4 colors on the outside of the rollie pollie organizer. I used a normal paint brush to randomly paint areas on the fabric. Overlapping in some areas.

Here is each bag finished with dying. You can see my color swatch with each one. They do not quite match, but it all h...
08/23/2026

Here is each bag finished with dying. You can see my color swatch with each one. They do not quite match, but it all has to do with ink to shaving cream ratio, which is a learning process. I still love how each turned out.

08/23/2026

So here is a video of me hand dying some pattern pieces I have cut for my next project. It is sped up. But this gives you an idea of how I paint my fabric. I add the color to the shaving cream and paint it on with a foam brush. This is how I dye a piece 1 full color. Each piece then air dries for a bit before it gets heat set with an iron. Once heat set, I hand rinse each piece and let air dry.
I did this 3 more times in 3 other colors. These are the inside pouches for a rollie pollie organizer.

Finished my newest cosmetic pouch. The main body was the inspiration for the colors. All pieces, except the main body...
08/23/2026

Finished my newest cosmetic pouch. The main body was the inspiration for the colors. All pieces, except the main body and the coral color of the brush pocket, were hand dyed.

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