Cosmo Bag

The first bag of the Amy Butler sew along is complete.  Definitely not the easiest bag I ever made but I'm happy with how it turned out.  

Sewing along

It stopped snowing and Don is busy clearing the driveway and some of the yard for Pia and I'm inside nice and warm updating my blog and getting ready to sew.

Here is a pic of Pia modeling one of the tutu's I made last week.  

And another tote bag.  I guess tote bags and handbags are my favorite things to sew.  They can be any size and as colorful or plain as your stash dictates.

This week I found two 'sew along's' on the internet.  This is a new concept for me, but I'm sure it will be lots of fun to see the fabric choices and finished project of the other sewers.  Here is a link to the first sew along I joined: AABS Sew along and a link to all participants completed Cosmo Bag, check it out and let me know your thoughts. This sew along will last for 12 months, we will be sewing a different bag each month from the Amy Butler Style Stitches book.  Here is a pic of my completed bag, I love the fabric.  

The other sew along I joined is the Cabrio tote sew along.  This is a very cute handbag that can convert to a backpack.  Very cute.  Here are my fabric choices and a link to the Flickr group for addition photos.

Till next post.

Geocaching

Not too much sewing this week.  I ordered a new toy, a hand held gps to use for finding hidden caches.  Check out the geocaching web site.  There are thousands of cache items hidden all over the world.  We found our first one this week at the PA Dutch Market in Cockeysville.  I thought it was pretty cool.  Don, not to impressed.  Oh well.

Also did some shopping, bought a floor model serger on Thursday, took it back on Friday bought a different floor model and guess what I am doing today.  Yep, you guessed right.  I'm taking it back to get a brand new one in a box.  Hopefully this one will be perfect, if not I'll return it and give up.

Till next post.

Stash

I had planned to work on some unfinished projects this past week, but.  I don't know why it so hard to start working on an UFO that has been waiting so patiently to be finished.  I see them sitting on the shelf every time I enter my little sewing/craft room, but I just seem to reach for something else.  Maybe next week.

This past week was a beginning of scrap buster week. First the great divide and then a few completed projects.

A couple of small projects.  Two change purses a small wallet and a zippered make up bag.

These are my favorite of the week.  A cozy for a plastic cup.  Still working out the best way to make these.  I made 3 and each was made differently.  I have one more idea.  We'll see which way turns out to be the easiest and fastest.

Next was a new grocery shopping bag.  I used a 'jelly roll' of batiks that I have had for quite a while.  The lining is quite a contrast, but for some reason I have quite a bit of this apple print.

Heading to Joann's today, big sale.  I only need some interfacing and tulle.  I saw the cutest idea somewhere on the internet to make a 'no sew' tutu.  I'm sure my two favorite grand nieces would love them for dress-up.  Hopefully no new fabric today.....well maybe a little bit, it's so hard to resist.

Day after

 Party and party favors were a success.  Seems everybody enjoyed the day.

Pia trying on my new hat.  She looks pretty cute, don't you think?

The bread was good, but we all agreed it looked like a ballerina 'on point'.  Pic a little blurry, but I wanted all to see.

Back to the Ravens game.

So far sew good

One week in and keeping up with my plan.  Thanks to all the creative folks on the internet I have found some lovely patterns and get directions.  Here are some pictures to show what I've been up to since the last post.

The directions for these cute coasters was found at Carol's Crafty Creations.  I had some 5 x5 precut squares so these made up really quick.  Funny, I never liked the fabric until I made the coasters.

I made these men toiletry bags from men's PJ's.  I couldn't find any Ravens fabric on short notice.  They turned out pretty good.  The lining fabric was covered with iron on vinyl, so it can be wiped clean in case of spills.  Found directions for these at Skip to my Lou.

This was another quicky thanks to Sew we Quilt @ Stash Manicure.  Nice table runner, next time I make one I will probably make it longer.

Found directions for this cute zippered pouch at make it perfect.  I made mine a little smaller, but the directions were very good.

And these are the gift bags I made for our guests party favors.  Our Christmas dinner party is tomorrow.

Next week I hope to work on an unfinished project on two.