Reinvention

I recently treated myself to the new book, Reinvention by the wonderfully sweet, creative and oh so talented Maya.   She included a hand stamped lavender sachet and hand stamped little book ( she hand carved the stamps) and a little hand note of appreciation inside the book.

I have enjoyed her blog for several years.  One of the aspects of her creating that I appreciate is how she uses what is available instead of buying new materials, to make useful and beautiful things.  

This satchel is one of the projects from her book.  I used materials on hand - some linen and batting from a big box of supplies a neighbor passed on to me and some cotton patterned fabric I had purchased years ago.

I love how simple it was to sew up and plan to make some in different sizes using old jeans and other cast offs I have in my stash.

Then just a few days later our neighbor called to see if we wanted a large bag of stuffing as they are cleaning up their attic in preparation for moving.

Well, yes I answered.  Not knowing how large the bag was going to be.  

Now, though, I can use it to make some of the "poufs" in Reinvention.