Is it wrong to say I rock?

With my huge craft fair looming I haven't done any sewing for pleasure for a long time. It's all assembly line sweat shop here. But other than general fair angst, I've had something else on my mind: when you design and sell clothing, people expect you to have a modicum of fashion sense yourself. This is a bit of a problem for me as I'm a jeans and t-shirt kind of girl. It's as if I have a finite amount of style, but dedicate it all to my children.

So I've been looking for a compromise. For last year's fairs I whipped up an incredibly quick money belt out of black fleece (again, utility over style) but I've been thinking that I could do with a fancier one. After a bit of research, a couple of sketches and more hours than I'd hoped, I had this:

I'm ridiculously pleased with it- now I can be semi-stylish without feeling too uncomfortable! It's Yui Kokeshi and black twill with a polka dot sash. It has two big sections for money on one side and leaflets, notebook and cards on the other. There's a little pen pocket on the inside too:

"C'mon Amanda,' I hear you say, 'none of this means you rock...' But, wait! Look at this:


It's my first zippered pouch! I've only ever done separating zippers before (which is pretty much intuitive) so I was very apprehensive. But it wasn't as hard as I thought and I'm more than pleased with myself. The pouch is in the money side and ideally, it will be stuffed with huge wads of moolah I don't want to fall out.

And now the action pics, courtesy of Jamie's dab hand at the camera:

The only thing I might change is the length of the sash. I had thought that my wiast measurement plus 20" would be enough but as you can see, my bow is a bit meager :(

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