New Bags

Well, as I promised, here are some pictures of the new medium tote made with home decor fabric. You can see more detailed pictures on my etsy site. This new design is amazing, and I'm going to make one for myself when my fabric friend gets the new Amy Butler "Love" home decor line, can't wait!!! I continue to be crazy busy, but I have to admit, I took a short break from bags this past week to start a spring wall hanging for myself. I'm so excited, I will have to post pictures of that another day, as it is my other work in progress.

The rest of my weekend consists of bag making and more bag making, inbetween time with the family! I'm so excited because I have some pieces of the new Amy Butler "Love" fashion and quilting fabric line that I plan to use for small totes and a new Oak Street Bag. Anyway, it is getting very late, I should get going for now. Check back for more fun pictures and check out my full etsy shop. I can't believe I actually have 15 items for sale and more to add to it!!!!!!!

Bags

Well, I know I promised to post bags last week, but I have to say, I did the best I could, and I will be posting bags tomorrow. I have 6 bags completed right now, 3 small tote bags and 3 Oak Street Bags. I'm going to take them to show some gals tomorrow, I will post the ones onto etsy that they don't grab!

Happy New Year!

So, I have to say, this year is off to a great start. Today is the day that I finally completed a project I have been wanting to do for months. I made 6 produce bags and a bag to keep them in. I am so excited about this project because I diligently take my cloth bags to the grocery store every week and it really bugs me to pull those plastic produce bags off the roll. Funny thing is, it didn't take much time or money, I just kept putting it off. Not this year!

I'm also giving a sneak peek at some fabric for my next project. My sweet husband bought me the free motion quilting foot I have been longing for since Mother's Day when he purchased my new machine! I'm planning to use the new foot on this fabric, not sure which design I will choose.

Last but not least, I'm working on some Oak Street Bags, and a couple of small tote bags to put into my etsy shop. My motivation level is up and I feel like it is time to start creating some gorgeous bags! They will be in the shop by the middle of the week, at least that is my goal. As always, wish me luck!

Flea Market Pic

Here is that picture I promised almost a week ago, of my bags at the flea market in Oregon. The two that were sold last weekend were the black and white bag shown just to the right of the middle bag and the Oak Street bag on the bottom right in Amy Butler's Morning Glory. I haven't heard if anything sold this weekend, but I will hopefully be making some more bags for this gal as the month goes on. Now I'm just trying to decide what to make more of, and what fabrics to use. Any suggestions of fabrics you would like to see my bags made up with? My friend at the Fabric Farm has a TON of new fabrics and I can't decide what to order, help me!!!

Been Sewing

Okay, so I thought I would post a couple of pictures here because I have been sewing this weekend! You can find these bags in my etsy shop. I'm very happy with the tote bag I made up yesterday with fabrics from Anna Maria Horner's Good Folks collection. And Amy Butler's Lotus collection is gorgeous too, blue is my favorite color and I love the splash of red. Hope to get to some more put together in different fabrics this week. I have so much fabric, there will be more cute ones coming I promise!

Patterns are still with the testers. I've gotten some feedback, a few changes to make so far, but nothing major. In the mean time, I'm enjoying some other projects for now! Hope you enjoy these bag pictures!

Patterning

Okay, after dragging my feet for so long, I am getting back to my pattern. I have finished "writing", which was really the part that I dreaded most. Now I am going to work on formatting this pattern in a way that is easy for everyone to follow. I have my trusty pattern publishing book handy and I'm going to start playing around. Hope it isn't too hard!

Also, a bit of exciting news! I went Quilt Shop Hopping with some special women in my life this past week, and there was great reception to the cards I passed out. I even had one shop very seriously and enthusiastically ask me if I would be willing to teach a class about how to make the Oak Street bag. That thought had never crossed my mind, and with my teaching background, it almost seems natural. Now, I just have to contact them again and figure out how it's really done. I couldn't believe it, yet another direction I can move in, I suppose the possibilities are endless!

And just for fun, here is a picture of the tote I created last week to carry the kids' things in when we get out of the house. It turned out perfect, I love how open and big it is, but not too deep, not to mention the gorgeous fabric that I had laying around as scrap from one of my bags! I know it's sad but bags just bring me so much joy!

Kimberly's Name Change

Well, I'm so sad today, but I realize the change was probably necessary. Instead of being able to call this bag the Kimberly bag after my daughter, I have changed it's name to the Oak Street Bag. I am starting to do some promoting at local shops and I didn't want my pattern being confused with Amy Butler's Kimberly bag. Although, it would be great for me, I figured some shops might not want to stock it for fear of customer confusion.

So, tomorrow I will be debuting this cute little card that my dear friend made up for me. We will be doing a local Quilt Shop Hop and I hope to pass these out at each shop we get to. Then I must get back to the pattern drawing board because I think pattern publishing is going to be a longer process than I anticipated. Wish me luck!!!