Red and White Polka Dot Bag

I found this oil cloth(by Moda... of couse) at a local quilt store. Ohh...
how it made me jump with joy!! Red and white is one of my favorite combinations and on top of that... Polka dots!? You can't beat that. I decided to make a market bag!

I used this floral fabric for liner.



I made a flower clip to go with it.

I am ready for summer adventures!( well, within reason...)

Another small project

Remember this quilt? I posted a while back. Well, I have a hard time throwing away left over fabrics. Sometimes even 1" x 1" scraps. Usually I keep them in a basket, "just in case" I need them or come up with something just to use them. As usual, I kept the left overs from this quilt and forgot about it.

I have been in a spring cleaning mood lately, and rediscoverd the left overs I have fogotten. Forget about the spring cleaning, an idea came just popped in to my mind about what to do with these orphan fabrics. I made this!



When I use basket style bags during the summer, knik knaks get lost in the bag and it is very hard to find them. Perhaps, this will solve the problem. Maybe like this.



Oh, this morning I heard on the news that today is "Earth day". It stuck in my mind all day. Then, at a quilt shop I picked up these......Yeah! Go Green! That's how I roll, baby!

What am I up to now

A couple days ago, I went to Pine Needles in Gardner Village to drop some of my patterns off and desided to look around the store. Since the boys were in school it was so hard not to; and I found this:



I knew about jelly rolls and charm packs but this is new! It was in a brown paper bag and looked like some goodies were inside. Inside the bag there were 40 color coordinated strips of fabric from Moda and it was only $9.99 +tax. I was so excited that I couldn't resist picking one up for myself. There were a few packages each with a different selection and I picked this one up.



On the way home I kept thinking about how I am going to use this unexpected treasure. I have several differnt ideas, but also I have many projects waiting at home. How should I prioritize... Oh, forget about it; this is so exciting! I will let you all know what I end up doing with it in a future post. Hopefully soon.

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Lately I have been in a bag-making mood. I created several in the last few days, and this is one of my favorites.



I used oil cloth by Michael Miller, and this one is slightly smaller then what I usually make but it will be perfect for holding a wallet, cell phone, etc. It will be available on my etsy store soon. Please check it out!

Well, I am off to do mommmy duty. I am going to get the kids in bed. Have a nice weekend everybody!

Meet Ashely

I have designed this purse for my dear friend, who recently had a birthday. She's been very supportive of my business and this blog!

I have several design ideas for purses so I decided to name this one "Ashely" so it would be easier to identify each one of the purses I make. I had so much fun making this purse. I have been learning and experimenting with my new sewing machine and being quit busy!

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The other day I went to a quilt shop and picked out these new Moda fabrics. It's a little different than what I usually pick. But I love them.



They have kind of a retro feel to them. I decided on a design and cut them up to make a quilt. I also finished cutting a different set of fabrics for a valentine's quilt. I will post these when I finish piecing them. I'm still afraid to do machine quilting...