{"id":955,"date":"2009-10-13T22:43:08","date_gmt":"2009-10-13T12:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=955"},"modified":"2009-10-13T22:43:08","modified_gmt":"2009-10-13T12:43:08","slug":"not-just-knitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=955","title":{"rendered":"Not just knitting"},"content":{"rendered":"

So while I was on an enforced, involuntary internet sabbatical, I caught up on a few projects, not just knitting.
\nThere’s always a sewing project laying around waiting for my attention. Or five.
\nEmily asked me a year or so ago to make her an Amy Butler handbag. Specifically, the “Smart Handbag”<\/a> from In Town Bags. And she wanted it in the exact same fabrics as the pattern. So, dutiful mother that I am, off I went and bought the fabrics, (duck egg\/french wallpaper and pink\/coriander, both from the Belle<\/a> collection) and then I put it aside. And promptly forgot all about it.
\nThen I found it again early last week. And I kicked myself, because it really was easy and quick to put together.
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\nIt even has little pockets on the inside. And I put a magnetic clasp in it, too.
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\nI just wish I’d gotten a photo of her face when she realised that I’d finally made it for her.
\nI did however, get a picture of my two favourite girls together. Yes, it’s a long overdue Twinkie picture.
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\nAnd yes, she’s still voluptuous!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So while I was on an enforced, involuntary internet sabbatical, I caught up on a few projects, not just knitting. There’s always a sewing project laying around waiting for my attention. Or five. Emily asked me a year or so ago to make her an Amy Butler handbag. Specifically, the “Smart Handbag” from In Town […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}