Miss Scarlett in the Kitchen

My parents have some really good friends in Wetumpka...Miss Scarlett and Daddy Bob. Daddy Bob fixed my sewing machine for me...and as a thank you I told Miss Scarlett I'd make her a bag to carry her scrapbooking supplies in. Boy Howdie...I'd don't want to part with this bag now. It looks like a big Jennifer Paganelli sister to my diaper bag. It is almost as big as a Vera Bradley Miller bag...which I want another one of...cause the size is just right for weekend getaways...

FRONTs...
BACKs.....the new bag has two outside pockets...one on each side...(they blend in-can you spot them?) Inside...I made a little tie together...(the inside has 6 pockets)...
Sis Boom yummy bags.

Quilted Scrap Pouch

Inspired by this on Whip Up today... Little House Pouch

I wanted to try making a quilted pouch from scraps...and I save every smidge of Jennifer Paganelli's fabric...incase I need them for small projects like this...




This was my 1st attempt at anything with a zipper...I had to cut an old purse pocket out to have a zipper to use...cause I didn't want to get ready and go to the craft store 25 minutes away...and I thought I'd photo this test run along the way...and make it into a tutorial...well...maybe after I make a few more...

I worked out alright...I think I'll give it to a friend who I owe a scrapbooking bag...cause I'll make it out of Jennifer Paganelli fabric too.


And I still want to try the little house pouch...but with a zipper.

It's a Kenmore! ! !

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! for all of your help and suggestions. I really could not see myself spending $600-$800-1200 for a machine when a $300 or $400 might do the trick for me...after all I think I was doing pretty darn good free motioning with my old Simplicity. I simply consider myself to be an advanced beginner. And so...I read and looked online and saw that Sears Kenmore machines are made by Janome...and decided to go with a non-brand name machine. I bought my new machine today at Sears on sale plus $15.00 off. It is just a simple Computerized Kenmore with 110 stitches, it has a needle threader and wow all that is a step up so YEAH! I did have to buy the open toe foot separate...so my total right at $300.00 with a 1 year warranty and 1 free cleaning and servicing. I've given it only this little test run on the blue sandwiched material and it is quiet and smooth. So YEAH...I have got to go sew now. TTFN.

Ps...I even had brain fart today driving home...oh yeah duh...I have a sewing table...it is being used in the guest/art bedroom as the bedside table...oh boy I drug that thing down stairs so fast when I got home...no more sewing on my wiggly card table.