That’s good, because it looks like I’m only getting started … seems like I have been bitten by the “bag bug” and have made another. My sister gave me a box of upholstery fabric (the cat “Sophie” is all mine) and I made my first bag with fabrics from it, my tote bag, which I…
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I have to have the perfect Zippered Crossbody bag … (Part 2)
I have really been enjoying this project! My inspiration was the Sallie Tomato Zippy Crossbody Bag. I started it last post here and finished it just this week. There weren’t many details to finish it off. Let me show you how I did it …
I have to have the perfect Zippered Crossbody bag … (Part 1)
I used to buy more bags than clothes. Every time I walked past a bag shop I would stop in. After “just stopping in” a few days in a row, I’d finally buy what I had been looking at. Now that I think about it, I pretty much always bought bags with the same “insides”…
Amber is put to work …
Perhaps you remember my Singer 421G, a convertible free arm sewing machine made in Germany in 1954. “Amber” for short! Since purchasing Amber, she has received a good cleaning and oiling, and I took apart her tension assembly and put her back together again. She runs smoothly now with a nice stitch. I love the sound she…
DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER! First to Cross the Finish Line!
Today, I have the first to cross the finish line in the DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER Challenge! Let me introduce you to Linda of Remake Remodel Recycle! On her blog Linda has showed us her DESIGNER GARMENT … A collection of floral’s from Milan Fashion Week!
It really is BLACK!
Honestly, why is BLACK so difficult to photograph? It must just suck in all the light around it! Anyway… I have finished my 4th pair of pants, black ones, after spending extensive time with the muslin and making three pairs after that. I thought my blue pair was my favourite – best fitting and lovely fabric. Those…