The patchwork room. The new week's work

You can peek into the patchwork room and see a couple of hints about the next work of October.

Kandlekott, Mailis Design

The first urgent job, or rather goal, is to finish a commission hinted at by this little picture. Who can guess what it is 🙂
If you have browsed my site before, you will certainly guess at once. If you would like a product like this quickly, I can still add a couple of pieces to this schedule.

Those who guessed small kannel bags are right.
This time I am making 10 kannel bags for instruments measuring 60 x 15 x 6 cm. Here is a picture of the covers: on a background of 5 light and 5 caramel toned fabrics there is a patchwork ornament and reflective tape. The other parts of the bags are black, reinforced with a mistra like material and lined inside with thin foam and cotton fabric. Five bags are a commission, 5 go on sale.
Price 70 euros each.
If you are interested, reserve one now.

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At the moment I have a small creative block with these bags. I am trying to find the best way to combine the foam padding, the cotton lining, the corded binding and the zip. One thought was to make a removable lining, but now that suddenly does not seem good enough.

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Violin case repair

Last school year, I repaired my grandchild's violin case. The loops meant for attaching the backpack straps had torn off. She cycles to school, and it’s impossible to ride while holding the violin in your hand. Naturally, the violin and case—which belonged to the school—went back at the start of the summer. Now that the new school year has begun, she has been issued a school violin and case again, but this one is in even worse condition than last year's. So, I undertook the repair once more. This time, I decided to replace the entire back panel—including the piping—and cover the torn section at the end of the case with a leather patch. I used reflective tape for the top layer of the piping. The video condenses six hours of work into three minutes. If anyone finds themselves in need of a similar repair, I will be able to take on a few jobs starting in February 2027, and I can handle a few at a time during the summer break.

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