Calendar Bags

Weddings...are coming up...and I like to give a little something homemade...with a giftcard...these beautiful fat quarters from Spoonflower make the perfect little dirty clothes bag for a bride to carry on her newly wedding adventures...

1st up Bird Calendar Spoonflower 387588

The designer has her own shop ValentinaDesign Etsy Shop


This plays so well with a little Jennifer Paganelli Sis Boom goodness...


Make sure to circle the special day!


And it's ready to go...


Next we have Spoonflower 387021

Bike Calendar by Beck and Lundy Etsy Shop






These are also cute made into pillow cases...

Dirty Clothes Bag for Mom

Made Mom's Dirty Clothes Bag with a Spoonflower Swatch as a Pocket.

Christmas Ruffle Tote

My sweet friend, Tammy, called me a while ago and ask if we'd like to use their beach condo for a few days in November. YEAH! We took our parents and had a great trip. As a little thank you, I made and mailed her a Christmas tote today.




What are you making these days?

Bag Bottom

Aria's Bag needed something sturdy in the bottom...

I have never put anything in the bottom of the bags I've made though I have always been thinking "what is a cheap way to make a bottom???" While at the dollar store this week...it clicked...placemats!!!

And cover them with a pillowcase type cover...aka dish towels from the dollar store as well...

So I cut them to size and taped all four pieces together to build a nice sturdy piece...

Sewed the little pillow case type slip covers and slid them on...

Weekender bag bottom liner!!!

Aria...

This is the sweet little girl I baby sat...even locked us out of the house one time...

You guys will always be this age in my mind...

So stinkin sweet and funny...always smiling and cuddly...

Congratulations Aria...you are making me feel old...

Hope you like this weekender bag I made you...these colors are grossing me out...

But I knew you couldn't carry White and Gold in Athens...(Go Jackets!)

With honors!!! Lang...really how did you do it?

Love you Thompson Family. Watch the mailbox. I wanted to come to the party...but had to pick hubbie up at the airport...

Ps. Remember Cassie and Patrick live 10 minutes from Athens. She's a great cook, has 2 guest bedrooms, free internet, a pantry full of Little Debbie's, a fridge full of Cokes, and a pool...if you need a quiet place to study and wash a load of clothes...she will be glad to have you. Oh and she'll let you borrow from her closet too! And Patrick's dental office is right off Prince Avenue. Athens Dental Associates And I'm sure she'd let Mel and Lang stay for a night or two...after a play, sorority event, etc. Have fun in Athens Guys!

Etsy Shop

All prices have been slashed in my ETSY shop...more items will be added over the next few days...so jump on over and take a look around...perhaps a birthday is coming up and you need a one of a kind gift to give...

Now You See It?

Ok...it is pinned and ready for a final stitch around...this will sew the liner to the bag and attach the handles in one big circular motion. Who is this for? Oh yeah...I still am not sure...oh well time to go see Santa at the crazy Mall....Say Cheese.

Ps...once again fabric is by Jennifer Paganelli...cause she always gets a plug from me.

PSS...Mom claimed the bag as her birthday present...it was intended for her...just not like I wanted...since I was distracted and sewed the corners at 5 inches...making this bag...square on the bottom...and not the right layout for 6 large pockets which I think makes for a good big Weekender bag. Anywho...

Brown & Turquoise

Back in the saddle again...finally...working on a Jennifer Paganelli bag...sewing machine feels like it needs oil? It is just not running very smooth? Rented a free Redbox movie for C so I could sew...and I got what I paid for a movie that skips so bad I have no idea what it is about...Hotel for Dogs. Oh well no money lost.

(Thats one lined bag, an outside pocket, 2 ruffles and 2 straps...in the works...so 30 minutes of ironing and sewing today and finito...new bag...for who? I'm not even sure yet? Really? Really. See it is just not as big as I wanted it to be for someones birthday present...so...Urg. I got a little carried away on my triangles...now it's more Tote than Weekender...)

Susan's Weekender Bag

Jake wanted me to make his mom a weekender bag for her birthday...so I gladly did and gave it to her Saturday...
This is the same pattern as the Anna Diaper bag...just upsized and I added 2 little ties on the inside. Fabric is by Jennifer Paganelli.

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.

Pouchy Pouch Pouches

Learning CURVE!!! I have not made a perfect one yet...the zipper goes the wrong way...or the strap is sewn inside...or i don't sew the strap together 1st...or the roof is totally wonky...or one side of the liner is turned the wrong way...they are all functional and cute...just not goood enough yet. My next ones will be golden...I can do this...


All fabric is by Jennifer Paganelli. I love her.

House Pouch

Here the link to what I'm attempting...though I am not using her directions or pattern...just the idea...

The Long Thread House Pouch Directions

I really am trying a house pouch...but I don't have another zipper...

so...now I'll just work on Brittany's quilt...

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.

Every Quilt

And every quilt needs a bag to be carried in right?