Why was I late to office...

I needed a Cell phone cozy for a while.. I had one made for myself but my mum-in-law liked it so I gifted it to her... It looked like this and fit my cell phone nice and snug...




So I had to make a new one for myself... The requirements were, it should hold my food coupons (yeah we receive those at work... and they're non-taxed... cool, huh), a credit card and the cell phone of course... The back pocket for the credit card doesn't necessarily has to have a flap closure, but must be stiff enough to hook my office badge onto...

I had the design forming in my head for a few days and I was upset I couldn't work on it over the weekend... so I woke up early.. I'm so NOT a morning person.. but did anyway and promised myself I'd catch a nap before I had to leave for work.. I used this pattern to the core except for the measurements and the bias (those that know me by now know my hatred for attaching bias tape or anything alike like piping or anything close...).

The last time I sewed the cozy, the blackie above, she came out a little too snug so this time I had decided I'd leave a smaller seam allowance (cut more outside than the pattern and add my own seam allowance)... The outcome, the cell phone cozy is a little too loose.... so loose that its even big for my camera... my old camera (those that used be a heavy on the bulk and light on the megapixels...) does fit in nicely.. so nice that I might just present the old guy this new cozy for itself...

I'm ashamed to share it but here it is anyway.. now promise you won't laugh...

What did I learn... don't think too smart of yourself when you decide you have to alter a certain pattern to suit to your needs.. it might not always come out the way you want it to...

Result... I was sewing this.. so I was late for office, almost missed my cab.. and in the rush to catch it... the below sadly unnerving episode took place with the keys...