my latest creation...

here are two new bags i made. the patchwork one is similar to the first patched bag i made a while back expect it is about half the size. i think i like this one more that the first one..

the pink bag was a pain. i bought a pattern and this in my first patterned bag. i originally meant for the inside of the bag to be a darker purple version on the pink fabric but when i was sewing it i got turned around somehow and it ended up being the lining. but i still like it.. and it is also a little stiffer than i would like but i did what it called for. next time i will use not so much interfacing...

bags galore.. i think i have bag fever and other stuff

Here is bag i was experimenting with today. i didnt have a pattern for it. i saw a picture of one similar (but nicer obviously) and figured i would experiment with it.. I still have a bit more improving on this bag but i thought it was cute...
this bag went a lot smoother. i finished both bags today (sunday) and both took hardly anytime at all. I was surprised how easy the paisley bag below went so smoothly without having a pattern or anything to go by. it seemed easy in my head but i did have to do plenty of seam ripping. not too bad tho..

I am also in the works of making to of the patchwork quilted bags for friends of mine. hopefully they will go smoothly. I like trying new things so its hard to stay dedicated to the ones i have already done but I will get them done.

6 weeks and counting till matt leaves and I already have a few christmas gifts completed. i had better slow down or i wont have anything to do while matthew is gone... oh well.

I have also been thinking about making stuff to try to sell at the market on saturday mornings.. I have tons of fabric and since I will have a lot of time alone i figured i could make a lot and save up for when i can go to do it downtown... i dont know... its just an idea at the moment...

finished today

these are two bags i completed today. the smaller one is about 7 inches long by about 3-4 inches. it has a clip that you can clip to keys or whatever.. i plan to make several of these....



the other bag is a shoulder bag.

my workspace (and matts)

This is our workstation. it can no longer be considered our dining room table b/c it has been covered with our hobby stuff for about a month now.. any time we eat we have to move my stuff... hopefully we will work out a space for a desk and a place to work on our hobbies simultaneously.....

the wavy bag is a fabric shopping bag and the green bag is a wristlet i sewed for kristin for her Bday..

This is what a Hipslinger/fanny pack.. I love it and already have someone who wants one.. a friend of mine just laughed and called me a dork but i know she is envying my new "hipslinger"

here is my brand new bag i just finished tonite... VERY PROUD OF THIS ONE. it took me a full week of sewing about a few hours a night. it is patchworked and quilted. that is why it took so long....

here is the bag in the "works". i am glad it is done and now i can use it...

here are some of my projects for the past week or so... i sew usually every night after matt goes to work. I imagine that after he leaves I will find myself knee deep in projects to sew... i enjoy it though...

fabric

i have a new addiction to fabric.... cant seem to get enough...