Bag anyone?

A very productive day all round yesterday. I got to cut and sew in the evening and made these book bags. I am thinking of giving some of my neices and nephews books for their birthday. I enjoyed playing with my new fabrics. The owls may just be for me, I really like this print, and having a bag dedicated to books, as in to and from the library would be a good thing for me as I often walk there.

The daisy bag I made with Miss6 in mind, so I just need to organise a book to go in and she may even get a package not too far after her birthday which just happens to be later this week.

I finally made me a pencil sized pouch. It has been on my list of things to make for at least six months - now I can cross it off!

Enjoy Tuesday however you get to spend it.

Happy Crafting

What to do?

My car had an appointment at the mechanic today, so I thought I would take a walk down the street to the Spotlight store to pick up some zips as I didn't have the colour I wanted to complete a project on the weekend. How excited was I when I got there to find they were having a 20% off sale...Yippee! I got lots of these in different sizes and colours... And some fabric as well! I am thinking a few more bags will be handy, plenty of birthdays in my family next month. The Owl and daisy fabrics were already marked down to $5/m and I got the discount off that... I am very happy with my purchases and should even get some sewing done tonight.

It was a beautiful day to be out walking, now I am looking forward to an evening in creating.

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Fabric & Bag

How cool are these beverage fabrics? It has been so cold here recently that there has been a lot of tea and coffee drinking going on! I recieved the tea bag fabric in the package from Donna @ Kindred Crafters this week and was reminded that I had the coffee fabric in the stash. Saturday I put together a fun project using these fabrics, but I can't show because it is for a gift. Today a friend came to visit, she has been wanting to make a bag for a while but was not brave enough to try on her own, after having a very close look at some of the ones that I have hanging around here, yes - that is literally, they do hang around my house, I gave her some fabric and supervised the sewing. She went home very happy with this little number hanging over her shoulder. It is the Saturday Morning Tote designed by the talented Gail Pan published in Australian Homespun No. 70. The best bit is that her birthday is coming up this week and she is so happy that she learnt to make a bag that she insists she does not need another present! How easy is that? I had lots of fun, we laughed plenty and I got to do what I like best, sharing good company and my skills. Have a fun week, and for those of you on term break... Enjoy! Happy Crafting

All wrapped up!

My package wrapped and ready to go in the Christmas in July swap organised by Mrs Martins Quilt shop now that this one has gone in the post I can get back to some of my unfinished projects. All will be revealed when the package arrives at its intended destination, oh and then I can show you what came for me, I haven't cheated. I just put my package in the warehouse when it arrived last week so that I would not be tempted. This week I made another Angel this time from a design by Sally Giblin of The Rivendale collection which appeared in Australian Homespun July 2008. It is one of four designs which were made into a wall hanging but as you can see, yet again I have completely veered off the track and finished this one by itself with a co-ordinating felt backing.

Hope your weekend is a productive one.

Happy Crafting

Are you thinking about Christmas?

Yes! Well go here and check out Helen's new pattern - doesn't it look just gorgeous. All that red has to be a good thing. NOT a scrap of Green in sight. What are you doing still hanging out here? Wishing you some Crafty Good Luck

Such a Lot of Goodness

The post people very generously delivered a package today - and this is what it contained. Look at all that gorgeous fabric and thread... even a ready wound bobbin, I haven't checked yet but I'm thinking it will fit my trusty Nomee. There are also two very beautiful cards, which you can see in the bottom right of the photo and a crochet doily which is just visible at the top of the picture. This gorgeous package came to me all the way from Donna at Kindred Crafters in Canada, as I won a giveaway celebrating their 100th post earlier this month. I certainly feel very spoiled by all this goodness and next week is holidays so I should get some time to have a play. There has been some stitching going on in the evenings here while I have snuggled under my quilt to stay warm, winter is definitely making its presence felt. Happy Crafting

A Gift Bag

Some sewing finally happened again last night. I finished this little gift bag using one of the scrappy log cabin blocks that I made on the weekend. Using it in this way means that I can disguise my lack of precision sewing. I do like the result a lot, this will definitely not be the last one of these.

The stitchery in the centre is from Bronwyn Hayes of Red Brolly and is included in her book Miss Millies Flower Patch. I like the selection of designs which make up the book and whilst I have not actually made any of the projects included, I have used a number of the individual stitcheries for other projects.

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Enjoy your evening, I am back to stitching tonight with the intention of completing at least one more project before I start something else.

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