Tuesday Project Planning: Gifts For Contractors

I think I’ve mentioned that the general contractor on the basement project is a woman. I love her: She wears heels and swishy coats and Chanel earrings and is organized and formidable. Meanwhile her husband, who works with her (she is clearly the boss, though), is an outdoor guy–he drives a tan Toyota with a lot of gear strapped to it and was eyeing all the camping stuff on our basement shelves.

So guess which fabric is going to be a tech pouch for each person as a thank-you gift when this project wraps up around Christmas? Tan outdoor fabric and black trim on the left; orange and pink tweed fabricand satin lining on the right.

Once again, I had everything in the stash except for black trim. Eagle-eyed readers may remember that tweed from the coat I made in 2021–this is why you always save the scraps from the good stuff!

I”m going to use the LearnMYOG Tech Pouch pattern again. In the outdoor fabric, it’ll look like a cool way to organize chargers and pencils and things. In the tweed, it might look more like a Chanel clutch but will still hold her double phones and notebook. (And if they don’t like them, their kids can use them for art supplies and Legos.)

Something to fill the time! Hooray!