"Pinning" for Friday: Have It All Wallet + Websites

"Pinning" For Friday is a weekly segment I will be posting every Thursday. What? Yes. Thursday. It's a pun on "Pining" for Friday. Huh... huh... Get it? I will feature a pin from one of my Pinterest boards and the clicking journey it leads me on!

This journey began a little backwards. I saw this wallet, Have It All Wallet, on Fabric Mutt, then pinned it, then visited the links it led me on. I think it still counts though! I found such great websites from this one, I just had to share! I'll start with my pin, as if I did my journey that way:

Sorry for the blurry-ness!

1) My pin.

2) This led me to Fabric Mutt's post about making this adorable wallet! I found out that it is called the "Have It All Wallet" by Straight Stitch Society.

3) Her post then led me to two different amazing places! a) Straight Stitch Society b) Hey Porkchop

4) Straight Stitch Society has awesome patterns for your cheeky, retro needs. There are a few that I will most likely be buying soon like this wallet and the smartphone case. Also read their manifesto... if you aren't laughing... well then... you probably are't a sew-er! 

5) Hey Porkchop might be my new favorite blog! Amanda features sewing, quilting, knitting, embroidery... drool! All things I love, in the colors I love! 

6) Discovered that Amanda is co-owner of the super kawai cross-stitch shop, The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery. They have some of the cutest patterns around! 

7) From scrolling through Hey Porkchop, I also found a collection of embroidery books that looks fantastic! They are the Doodle Stitching collection by Aimee Ray.

I hope you enjoyed this journey, and are now inspired to delve deeper into your pins!

"Pinning" for Friday: Scappy Organizer

"Pinning" For Friday is a weekly segment I will be posting every Thursday. What? Yes. Thursday. It's a pun on "Pining" for Friday. Huh... huh... Get it? I will feature a pin from one of my Pinterest boards and the clicking journey it leads me on!

This week I'll be exploring my pin, scrappy log cabin organizer. I had forgotten that I'd pinned this, actually. I had it tucked away in my "Projects List" board. I will most likely be making this very soon! I love little organizers I can carry instead of a purse. Much easier as a student walking around campus with a 20 ton backpack on! Anywho... this little pin took me on quite a journey!

The above pictures are not my own, but belong to: Pinterest, Flickr,
Where the Orchids Grow (Leila),  Interweave Press, Pink Penguin (Ayumi),
 and LRstitched (Lindsey Rhodes). I merely made a collage using them.

1) My pin.

2) Tutorial called "Scrappy Organizer" on Where the Orchids Grow. So it turns out I'm IN LOVE with Leila's blog! The colors she uses, the fabrics, her projects... New blog crush ensuing. After seeing how much I liked her blog, I started looking at her menu on the right, which led me to...

3) Zakka 2.0: Patchwork, Please - A book sew along through. YES! I literally just bought this book this weekend! The sew along starts June 3rd... I'll be there!

4) The book for the sew along is Patchwork, Please by Ayumi Takahashi Mills. Visit her blog Pink Penguin... this was one of the very first sewing/quilting blogs that I found. She inspires me constantly.

5) From the Zakka 2.0 Sew Along, I was led to the Flickr group, Zakka Along 2.0:: Patchwork, Please for the event. Can't wait to get started!

I hope you enjoyed this journey, and you are now inspired to explore your pins!