Category Totes and pouches
Quilt review for 2022
Hello everybody! I thought it was time to log the completed projects from 2022. My goal was to finish some projects, and stop accumulating half finished quilt tops. Rainbow purse. The only Bag of the Month pattern I made in 2022, pleased at how it turned out despite the fact it’s not really the type […]
Challenging Fabric
We all have done it–walked out of the shop (or opened the squishy envelope at home)–only to put that gorgeous unique fabric on the shelf and not use it. The large motifs of some quilting fabric work for backing or borders–but wait, also for bags! So when I decided to actually make this month’s #bagomc […]
A sweet purse
This is the fourth time I have subscribed to the Bag of the Month Club. It’s a really good deal to get some sweet purse and tote bag patterns. I really love my current purse — the Ring Sling by Mrs. H. February’s pattern was the Layla Essentials Purse by Andrie Designs, a small wallet/purse. […]
Teacher totes finished
Well, it was 11 PM on the night before the last day of school but I finished the tote bags for my daughter’s teachers. Each has a back and handles made from a toile canvas, with the inside edges finished with a zigzag stitch. Because the canvas was 56″ wide, the handles were just one […]
Digital reduction
I’m trying something new. Between work and home, I always feel that I’m fighting information overload. Thousands of emails clutter my multiple email inboxes. Files are here there and everywhere–dropbox, google drive, onedrive, hard drive. I’m sure this dilemma is common. And all I want to do is play with pretty fabric. So that’s what […]
Denim ring sling
When I saw the January pattern for the Bag of the Month club, I immediately felt it had to be made in denim. I found a 1/2 metre of this soft light blue in my stash of garment fabrics and got started. For the pocket print, the bright colours of this Tula Pink print from […]
Purses and pieces
I had imagined I would have time to finish some projects while on shift, yet I feel with the period half over I haven’t accomplished as much as I should. Despite working on many projects. My daughter asked for a bag to carry her new clarinet, and we picked the Sew Sturdy messenger bag from […]
A Gift for Lisa (TGIFF)
I tried to resist jumping in with another swap, but I rationalized that it wouldn’t take too much time. On Instagram #saturdaynightcraftalong is a fun group around the globe (starting in Australia) who share their crafty endeavours. This is the second year for a little gift swap at the end of the calendar year. My […]
Finale to the bag of the month
I didn’t plan on making 5 out of the 6 patterns from the 2018 bag of the month club, but somehow it happened. With the warmer weather, quilts are less appealing as a sewing activity so I pulled out the pieces of the March Stargazer bag. Patterns are never written the way I want to […]
Another new purse
The bag of the month club has been a great investment as a series of tutorials in bag-making but creates a new squirrel every month when the next pattern comes out. I was determined to use piecing for May, since I am a quilter, after all. Once the pattern came out, it didn’t seem suited […]
Lisa in Port Hope 