All Done!!!

Well, here are the pictures of the rest of the large bag order. I finished it last week and was able to send it out before the holiday weekend. They arrived at their destination and the bags received rave reviews! I am so proud of my work, they all turned out so beautifully! I have to say, I do have a favorite though, which one is your favorite?

I used several pieces of fabric from Amy Butler's new line, Soul Blossoms. There is some Amy Butler Lotus collection, Love collection and Heather Bailey's Nicey Jane fabric as well. Quite a variety! I have been working on some other fun stuff that I will post about later today or tomorrow! Enjoy!!

Project Updates...

Well, as you can see, I have extremely busy, although if I was only busy with this part of my life, I think I would be much further along on my projects. I have completed 2 sets of the bags for my big order, they turned out so nice, much better in person! (I think it is almost time for a new camera, these pictures are not as good as they could be, sorry!) I also sewed the top of the guest book quilt together and it's ready for hand quilting, hopefully this week I will get a large portion of that finished.

And I had 2 shows last week, a small show at our preschool that was quite a success for Mother's day, and the Garden Show that I did last year. Unfortunately, the Garden Show was a bust this year, so maybe I will skip it next year, but I came out a bit ahead of the game between the two shows, so that felt good! I was really excited about my displays this time around though, I had the dress form for my aprons and I added produce to the bags to show their size. So, live and learn!

I am off to cut some fabric for more of that bag order, I wish I could spend the morning shopping for fabric and patterns, maybe tomorrow...

Another Big Order!

Just thought I would pop in really quick and show you this stack of gorgeousness (is that even a word?). I will be using this mostly Amy Butler stack of fabric, mostly Soul Blossoms, to create 57 small tote bags for my now largest order ever! I'm really excited to be working with such beautiful pieces, the bags are going to be amazing! I separated the large job into 7 different combos in order to make it less overwhelming. So far I have the first combo about half finished. Luckily I have until the beginning of June to finish and ship the whole lot, so I'm trying to fit in sewing when I can. Life is crazy, so I'm doing my best, but am very hopeful that I will finish these long before their due date. After all, this time last year I finished 40 of these totes in 6 days, see this post, guess these will be a piece of delicious cake then! If I don't check in for a bit you will know why...

Full, Full, Full

Wow! I finally filled up my etsy shop enough that I have 2 pages, yep, 2 whole pages of stuff for sale, 27 items to be exact. I am SOOO excited! I just finished posting 3 new small totes and 8 of those coffee cozies/drink sleeves I have been meaning to make up for months. Go check me out, it feels so good to be full, more opportunities for people like you all, my fabulous followers, to find something you might like!

Anyway, I am waiting for a couple more pieces of fabric and then I will have another bag or two to put into the shop. I have still been very busy, which is truly amazing. Just when I feel like I'm on top of everything, I get more interest or another order. It's fantastic to be me right now! Thanks for following and for your sweet comments about my bags, I appreciate all of you!

On a Roll!

I know you have seen a few of these, but I'm just so excited to have 6 bags completed in just 3 days that I had to share the whole lot of them! They are going on etsy right now, and they are all so much fun! Go take a look at their individual pictures!!!

Busy Me

So, I seem to be averaging about a post a week. With Valentine's day this weekend and President's day, we were very busy around our house, having so much fun hanging out! But I did complete 3 small totes yesterday, and have another one cut out and ready to zip together. Plus I came up with the dimensions for my new medium tote. I have been struggling with what I want that to look like and how the Home Decor fabric I chose will handle my plans. So, tomorrow, I will sew up that small tote, maybe tomorrow night I will put together the first medium tote and see how my plans work out. Anyway, kind of boring stuff, but there has to be boring for there to be fun! Here is a quick picture of the 3 small totes, thought that might make the post a little more exciting!

EXCITING NEWS!!!

Drum roll please...
I wanted to tell all of you that one of my small tote bags will be featured in a May issue of Woman's World magazine. I heard from the magazine's fashion editor last month about the possiblity, but was waiting to find out for sure. So, it's official, I'm going to be published, what an amazing opportunity, I can't even believe it!

Now the fun (and the questions) begin!! What if I can sell more bags than I can make? How many bags should I make to put into my etsy shop to be prepared for the release? Which fabrics should I use? What styles of bags should I make? Should I put my Oak Street pattern out there?What about copyright and trademark? Are they necessary? How much should I charge for each product? Where do I start? Yikes, but I am beside myself with excitement, thankfully my husband is helping to direct me, as I can become overwhelmed with something that has so much potential. I really need a lot of luck with this one! Thanks for your wishes!

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!

Projects Complete

I told you I was feeling motivated. I'm even posting faster than I have in months!! The computer is cooperating too, that always makes it easier! Anyway, here are my completed projects. The totes (Heather Bailey's Pop Garden & Amy Butler's Belle & Lotus collections) are going into my etsy shop as soon as I can remember how to make the files smaller. (I knew I should have written it down last time.) So, if you are interested, let me know. Hope to have them in the shop soon!

And here is the runner project I was working on. I don't know if you can really tell, but I machine quilted around the flowers (Heather Bailey's Pop Garden with Anna Maria Horner's Good Folks on the back), pretty detailed if you ask me. I was having so much fun, and my mind was racing to all of the projects I could use this new treasure for! Anyway, I need to get going for now if I'm going to make my mid-week deadline on the other bags. I still have to cut them out. Thanks for checking in!

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!

More Bags

Check out these little numbers!!! Just wanted to post a picture of the two little totes I put together last night and this afternoon. Still have some more fabric that should work, hope to make another one this evening after the kids go to bed. Hope you think they are as cute as I do!!! Check out my shop for more pictures...