totes!

This is the Market Tote project from the Sew-It Kit by Amy Butler. Supplies- check!

These are all of the straps pinned up....I did 2 bags.

The dotted one has paisley interior and the paisley one has dotted interior!


I accidentally laid it out sideways, but things seem to have come out ok. These babies will be Christmas gifts, so if you're on my gift list, pay no attention!!

These are totally cool and I need to make at least five more! Then I get to make some for myself! You know, for groceries and stuff!

I love these fabrics and I love funky interiors. I attempted a hand-sewn red interior in a black medic bag when I was in high school. It came out ok for my skill level and for having no pattern, but these totes far surpass.

Yay!

Super Top Secret

I'm working on a new project for a certain someone's little two year old, and I would LOVE to post pictures, but that would ruin the surprise! Let's just say the pattern is from Wee Wonderfuls, and I am finally able to utilize this amazing brown wool I've had for a while. Once the cat is out of the bag on November 17th, I'll post pictures of the project.

New bag just finished

I've been working on this bag for about a week. It's from Amy Karol's Bend The Rules Sewing book, which is a cool book. The pattern is for the Charming Handbag. I'm really pleased with how it came out! I plan to give it to someone for Christmas, but I don't know who yet. I already started a second one. I used a felt in between the outside and lining, which makes it cozy and squishy.
*I wanted to add some info, about the strap or casing, the dimensions for which are missing from Amy Karol's book for some reason. They are:
Handle fabric: (1) 2” x 22” (5.1 x 55.9 cm) piece
Casing Fabric: (2) 1 1/2” x 6” (3.8 x 15.2 cm) pieces

chicaligwats- quilted heating pad cover

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The modified heating pad cover is awesome. It is modified because I was using a pattern from Quilts by Denyse Schmidt and the finished product was for a smaller heating pad than I have. I had to add the 2 side panels on the front and an extra panel on the back. I used fusible Velcro instead of the sticky back stuff and it really worked out great!! I can't stand trying to sew through sticky back Velcro. Also, I ended up short on muslin because I bought the amount specified in the pattern and ended up just using the ugly blue cover that came with the heating pad as my quilt back and size template. All in all, it came out pretty spectacularly.

Now I can have the heating pad out on the couch and it looks nice, not like, well, a heating pad.

Picture test

look, ma! no hands!

hey look! my first post!

First Post Ever!

This is pretty much just a test, to see if I can follow simple directions.