Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Who knew Hubby was so creative, too? FLY ROD SLEEVE


My wonderful husband decided that we should give our sons and son-in-law a fly rod sleeve for Christmas. I had so many orders for items that I literally sewed for other people right up to two days before Christmas. I went on strike against sewing for my family at that late date--I've done the sewing until midnight on Christmas eve thing (Santa almost didn't come that year because he saw the lights on in the house!!). Didn't want to do that again. So (or shall I say Sew...) we gave gift certificates for the fly rod sleeve and for a Wader Bag. Hubby designed the rod/reel sleeve and together we cut, drew, cut, sewed until it was just right to hold a fly rod holding a reel. I used the embroidery machine (I confess, I'm an embroidery addict) and added a "cute" (don't let my boys hear that word associated with fishing!!) fly lure to the flap. TA DA!!! Check it out! The boys all love them. I even added their initials to the flap since they will all be going on the next fishing trip together!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This is great! Do you offer this pattern for free or sale? I have a friend who just asked me to make him one. This would be perfect!