If you have been looking at my blog, you might recognize these fabrics used in this quilt...Most of them are Michael Miller and very beautiful to me. I pieced it and sent it to the Amish ladies to be hand quilted. They did a fabulous job on the quilting and the back is as pretty as the front with a tonal white with tiny flowers on it.
I made it for my brother Harry.
My blog is basically about my travels through sewing land making quilts and tote bags and purses. I am learning as I go and willing to help others. I love to sew and love fabric. I am a retired school teacher. I have a store on ebay http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Fabric-for-quilts-and-more and I am the owner of a yahoo group called sewingtotebagsandpurses
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Striped Hobo I designed
2 new make up bags
This is a tutorial I got on the internet and it was taken from a Japanese craft book. I love it. The fabric is Pumpkins Gone Wild by Moda.
Take a peek at the inside too.
This is something I just made up using some remnant fabric from I bought in Lexington, Ky.
I put a zipper top and 1 slip in pocket and a loop. I like the way this one turned out.
Take a peek at the inside too.
This is something I just made up using some remnant fabric from I bought in Lexington, Ky.
I put a zipper top and 1 slip in pocket and a loop. I like the way this one turned out.
Grab Bag Pumpkins gone Wild
Grab Bag ~ I found this pattern and think it is so cute. They are having a contest with this as the purse you make to enter . But it has to be 2 people entering together..............................
This is the way it looks, which at first I thought it was strange. You stick the long handle through the short handle and carry it by the long handle. Just grab it and go. I put 2 slip in pockets on the inside.
This is the way it looks, which at first I thought it was strange. You stick the long handle through the short handle and carry it by the long handle. Just grab it and go. I put 2 slip in pockets on the inside.
Hob using teal stripe
Pumpkins Gone Wild Fabric by Moda
Pumpkins Gone Wild Fabric by Moda
Wristlet
I bought this epattern from youcanmakeityourself.
It turned out really cute and has a little pleat in the front and 2 rings for holding the handle, which can be as it is on both on the same ring for a loop. This view shows the credit card slots.
Here is a view of the zipper inside compartment suggested for coins.
A bigger view of the inside.
I absolutely love this fabric and have made several items with it. I will show them all.
Fall is my very favorite season, and I really get into it. I can just gaze outside and adore the weather and the scenery.
I bought this epattern from youcanmakeityourself.
It turned out really cute and has a little pleat in the front and 2 rings for holding the handle, which can be as it is on both on the same ring for a loop. This view shows the credit card slots.
Here is a view of the zipper inside compartment suggested for coins.
A bigger view of the inside.
I absolutely love this fabric and have made several items with it. I will show them all.
Fall is my very favorite season, and I really get into it. I can just gaze outside and adore the weather and the scenery.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Sew-a-thon of purses, evening bags
This is velvet in the Peace on Earth fabric by Moda and absolutely gorgeous. The lining is the same thing only in cotton tone on tone.
These are made with the same velvet and the lighter one is brocade. They have shiny satin fabric on the insdie and a cord handle. I still have not decided how to do the closure. Any ideas?
New bags for Susan's Christmas Bazaar
I made 3 pieced and quilted smaller totes out of Peace on earth by Moda and they turned out nice.
Every year, Susan has a sale at her house with different people bringing things to sell. Last year, I was invited to participate with about 1 month's notice. I made and took my usual tote bags and sold about 15. She suggested this year I make a few smaller purses and bags and I decided to try to make them more Fallish and Winterish.
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