So happy! I finished the “Let’s Go” Tote for the Sirena Summer Tote Challenge and it’s beautiful! It’s really a great size and so bright and pretty! And it has mermaids! And sharks! And octopi! (Octopuses? Squid?) I love this fabric line from Art Gallery and designed by Jessica Swift and it wasn’t easy to pick out which prints to … ….oh there’s more
Block 6 is a pie! Yum. I love pie. Especially peach. Or chocolate. Or cherry. You get the picture. This design comes from “Powered by Quilting” Lots of small bits pieced together and topped off with an applique and embroidery! Cherry or peach pie would not have fit in with my Fall color selection. And chocolate usually has meringe. Not … ….oh there’s more
The first tote is all finished for the Sirena Summer Tote Challenge! I love it! Fun fabric and a perfect size. Not too big, not too small! And plenty of pockets for all of my stuff! I’m calling it the Let’s Go, Tote! Cause it just wants to go! But before I go into the details, I wanted to put … ….oh there’s more
Designer Kathleen McMusing last week created two different designs for block 5 of the Fall Into a Quilt-A-Long. One was pieced and the other applique. I did the pieced version but I was a bit disappointed with how it turned out. Nothing wrong with the design, I think if I had picked better colors and prints, it would have been okay. It’s … ….oh there’s more
It’s been a while since I took part in a “challenge”. The last one I did was two years ago, The Manchester Metallic Summer Bag Challenge with SewMamaSew. Since I had already planned on buying some fabric from the Sirena Art Gallery line, thought the Sirena Summer Tote Challenge would be a fun project! So I’m designing a new tote. … ….oh there’s more
This week’s block of the Fall Into a Quilt-A-Long is actually two blocks! Woo-hoo! Win-Win! Kathleen McMusing made one pieced and the other applique. I liked both but went with the pieced version since the other blocks are all large centered objects thus far, I thought I’d continue with that design. Of course, there are seven more blocks to go … ….oh there’s more
Today is the TUTORIAL for the Hand Stitchery Bag that I’ve been working on for the last several weeks. If you go to the end of the post you will see a link to the tutorial that you can download as a PDF file. Oh heck, why wait, you can download it right here! But first, I wanted to let … ….oh there’s more
I finished it! Yippee! Yesterday! But gotta ‘fess up, I didn’t get the tutorial done. (loser) So many unforeseen events that got in my way. (and my lack of planning around real events) Okay, now that the whining is out of the way, let me tell you about this latest bag. You might recall that it started out as a … ….oh there’s more
If you are here to check out my typical Tuesday sewing post, unfortunately due to the website migration that was started on Friday and didn’t finish until late Tuesday and I have a few more tweaks to make so the sewing post about my Crafty Bag is not ready yet. Will have up on Thursday! So stop back by then! … ….oh there’s more
I was on vacation! Yeah! Fun! Went to North Myrtle Beach to visit friends, Terry and Phil. Then on to Washington DC to spend the weekend with daughter Jessica and son-in-law Andrew. (Andrew is Terry and Phil’s son!) Got home Tuesday afternoon. This was a driving vacation. Nice to not have to deal with TSA or flight schedules, but that … ….oh there’s more
