So yesterday was bananas and I had a little micro meltdown, but today I’m over it and back on track. I have accomplished a lot of sewing in the last week or two, but I have not had time to post about it. This is a “mini Marlo” I made for my friends little neighbor. Isn’t it cute! It’s the Marlo Bloom pattern reduced about 20% and it is the perfect size for a little girl. I have also completed the Wonky Star quilt that I was making for Fletcher and as soon as I take photos of it, I’ll get it posted for you all to see. Also, I haven’t forgotten about the sewing caddy tutorial, but I have not had time to put one together. As soon as I get a chance, I will. I put some notes together about it, but heck if I can find what I did with them. (It might just be later than sooner.) 
Category Archives: purses
I’m Over It
So yesterday was bananas and I had a little micro meltdown, but today I’m over it and back on track. I have accomplished a lot of sewing in the last week or two, but I have not had time to post about it. This is a “mini Marlo” I made for my friends little neighbor. Isn’t it cute! It’s the Marlo Bloom pattern reduced about 20% and it is the perfect size for a little girl. I have also completed the Wonky Star quilt that I was making for Fletcher and as soon as I take photos of it, I’ll get it posted for you all to see. Also, I haven’t forgotten about the sewing caddy tutorial, but I have not had time to put one together. As soon as I get a chance, I will. I put some notes together about it, but heck if I can find what I did with them. (It might just be later than sooner.) Ahhh… Fall!
School is starting, the weather will be getting cooler soon and I suddenly have a intense urge to make things like soup, apple cake and warm, cozy quilts. That can only mean one thing. It’s almost September and fall is on its way. Fall is my favorite season for all of the above mentioned reasons and it makes me want to make everything in the beautiful, rich colors of the season.I got this fabric at one of my favorite LFS, Knit One Smock Too. I think I might have make some more things out of this fabric. It would be beautiful in a quilt.
I think after the last post that a tutorial would be in order so I better get started putting one together. Keep checking back, I’ll try to get one done soon.
Double Shewww!
Did you know this is my favorite purse? I love making this purse! The fabric combinations are endless and the flower just makes the bag. 
I have fabric cut out, ready to make more. They don’t use much fabric (a little over a yard, total) and once you master making the handle, they are easy peasy.
I also got this Bow Tuck Purse made today. The fabric is a little out of the norm for me. It is a custom order. People just love this fabric. This is the third one I have made like this. Can you tell that there has been a purse making frenzy in the “sweat shop”. Shewww…
As you can see, I’ve been busy. I just finished these. It is a custom order for a bride-to-be in Georgia. She is giving her bridesmaids these cute little clutch purses. She picked out the fabric. Didn’t she do a great job! Each clutch is monogrammed on the inside. I really enjoyed working on these.
I took a little field trip to JoAnn’s today.(always trouble) I picked up some cute cupcake fabric to make a birthday gift for my friend’s little girl who will be turning 2 soon. Her party has a cupcake theme and this got my mind turning on what I could make her for her birthday. (I love themes) I have a couple of weeks to get it done, so I’ll show you soon what I came up with. Now that the sample is done for the quilt class, I want to get back to working on Fletcher’s Wonky Star quilt. I have all the fabric cut out and ready to go. I got the backing and binding fabric in the mail the other day. I’m not making a big quilt, just one for him to cuddle with, so it should come together quickly.
Bow Tuck Tote
This week I taught a class on making the Bow Tuck Tote designed by Penny Sturges. It is a really great purse with lots of pockets. The ladies in the class did such a good job and all of their totes turned out perfect. I know they are happy with them. I wish that I had taken my camera to get shots of them all to show you. They all picked very different fabrics and each one turned out great. If it was a little bigger, this pattern would make a perfect diaper bag.
I got the Baxter Quilt quilted yesterday and put the binding on today. Quilting on my new machine went really well. By the way, some of you asked what kind I got, it is a Handi Quilter 16. I have to hand tack the binding down this weekend and then it will be finished. Ready to go to my sister-in-law who comes to visit this week for the Fourth. I’ll post pictures of the finished quilt on Monday. I’m ready to get the next quilt on the frame and try it again. I have a lap size Daisy Chain that I am going to do next for a friend of mine. Hopefully, I’ll get the pinwheel completely pieced soon and can get that quilted. Keep cool and have a great weekend! – Gina
Ready to Go
I have gotten the Baxter Quilt all loaded on the frame and I am ready to start quilting it. It took me a little while to get it on there. Thank goodness I took detailed notes while they were going over how it is done. Otherwise, I would probably still be working on that. After I got it all loaded I decided that it might be a good idea to stop and actually watch the DVD instructions that came with it. 
I also worked on this little clutch. It, of course, is not exactly how I would like it, so I am sure there will be more versions in the future. On another note, I have been having some terrible “attacks” over the last couple of weeks. What I thought might just be the worst heartburn in the history of heartburn turns out to be gallstones. I meet with the surgeon in a few weeks to schedule having my gallbladder removed. I’ve never had surgery before, so I’m pretty nervous about it. I have been needing to slow down, so this might be just the thing that helps me to do that.
Is it Wednesday Already?
Is it me, or do the days just seem to fly by? Well, it seems a little late in the week to talk about my weekend, but me and the fellas did get to spend Sunday on the lake. It was great, the weather was perfect and we had good company,as well. Some friends joined us for the day and we really enjoyed having them along. They were able to rest and so did Fletcher and I. We all took nice naps while out rocking away on the water. How relaxing! I was going to take some applique to work on while cruising on the boat, but at the last minute I decided to leave it at home. I have been sewing so much lately, I really need to devote the day to my family and friends and that is exactly what I did. I forgot to take my camera, but I wish I could show you how cute Fletcher looked watching all the boats pass by us. He loves being on the water.
We had our local guild meeting on Monday. It was great. Every one’s table looked so nice and all of the food was delicious. A friend in my applique class brought the most fabulous Italian Cream Cake. Somehow we managed to bribe her into making another one to bring to our applique class next Monday. It was sooo good. I love when two of my favorite things are combined, quilting and eating dessert! What could be better. 
I finally got to try out the new pattern from Anna Maria Horner. I made the Mutli-Tasker Tote bag. I also was able to try out the clutch pattern. They both came out cute. The tote is really big. It came out a lot bigger than I expected.
I am desperate to start quilting something. I have not had any time to lately with everything else going on, but I did start a little baby quilt for my sister-in-law. She is due at the end of July with a little girl. I need to get that one done so I can have it to her before the baby comes. I am going to try to piece it all on my little featherweight. It will be the first thing I have done on it since I got it in April. I think I’ll work on it tonight. Have a good hump day!
Busy Bee
Don’t you just love summer colors! I have been a busy bee this week. Buzzing around all of these beautiful floral fabrics. I can’t wait to get some more made.
May Giveaway Day!!!
Sew, Mama, Sew! is sponsoring May Giveaway Day beginning May 27th and lasting thru May 31st. If you would like to win the cute little wristlet or a yard each of these two great fabrics, please leave me a comment on this post between the 27th and 31st. I will randomly select two numbers to determine the winner of each. Please be sure to visit the Sew, Mama, Sew! Blog and check out all of the other great giveaways. They will be posting a list of all of the giveaway participants. Thanks for joining in on the fun and Good Luck!
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New Fabric
This is the purse I made my mother for Mother’s Day with some fabric I just got. I love this fabric, don’t you?
Okay, so the window treatments are done. I didn’t exactly get them finished by end of day Sunday as planned. I spent the whole day in bed yesterday trying to get over a nasty cold. I did get them done this morning. Better late than never, right! I am so glad they are done. I feels great not to have any pending window treatment projects. I have been grateful for the work and extra money, but I have been needing a break from window treatments. There is so much other stuff I have on my list to sew!
For all of the machine quilter’s out there, I need your help. What kind of thread should I be using to quilt on my domestic machine? I have been using Gutterman’s, but I have a feeling that it is not the best thing to use. I also tried YLI machine quilting thread, but that was a total disaster. TOTAL DISASTER! Any suggestion on what to use?