Looking For A Quick Gift idea?

I recently had the pleasure of pattern testing a trio of crossbody/clutch bags for Designz by Nancy Stroop.

The collection is called the Sapphire Fold Over Bag Trio.

These bags are such a quick sew~ and would have been even quicker had I not decided to machine embroider the quilting on the lightweight denim. ;-)

This is the mini size~ a perfect little clutch size.

I had such fun making the mini that I went the next size up and made the midi too.  This one is where the quilting took a bit of time, but I love the texture and I think DD will too. ;-)

The midi size.

The back.

The pattern trio will be on sale for the next 48 hours, but even her regular price is a nice price!

If you make one (or more) please let me know so I can stop by your blog and see it!

 

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

More Sewing and Winners!

Winners first~ but please don't let that stop you from commenting again! I loved all your comments!<3 p="">

Unfortunately I couldn't answer them all, or I wouldn't have been able to do the sewing part of this post. ;-)

Hubby chose two winners out of the bowl.

One from those who got it right~

Delcia R. said...Has to be Leavenworth, WA. My hubby's favorite gelato spot is right below Visconti's.

And one from those who took the time to guess! 

dianne said...I dunno ... looks like fun, though!

Congratulations Delcia & Dianne!

Delcia~ you are a 'no-reply commenter' meaning I can't email you for your address, so please email me! My email address is in my profile.

Dianne, I will be emailing you shortly. :-)

And thank you everyone for playing along. We were in Leavenworth, WA and certainly enjoyed our time there! It is a beautiful Bavarian town. (and has 2 quilt shops!) ;-)

On the sewing front~ I am all caught up with my Temecula Quilts Circa 2016 blocks!

My boards kept wanting to fall off the step, so they look a bit jumbled. Also 3 managed to stay on the ironing board, so totally missed their photo op! ;-o  Now I just need to catch up on the HST's for the outside border.

Next I got my two BOM blocks finished for August & September~

Both blocks are from Quilters Cache, but I may have changed one of them a bit. ;-) 

The top one is called Dakota Gold and the lower one is Crazy Anne. 

Both are 10 inch blocks. After doing all those 3 inch blocks~ these seemed huge! LOL

I also finished a pattern test that I can't show you, and one I can show from a while ago~

The Pampering Pouch is a free pattern from Samantha @ Sewing Patterns By Mrs H.

Find it HERE

This was a fun sewing project and I am planning to use mine for thread I want to take to retreat. ;-)

I didn't have the required frames that Samantha used, so I used boning in the channels~ It holds the bag open really nicely.

And that is all for today!

Until next time~

happy stitchin'!!

Did I Mention A....

Giveaway?

It doesn't matter if you guessed right or wrong, a guess gets you in the hat. :-)

(See previous post.)

Where Does the Time Go?

If you know the answer to that~ please share!!! ;-)

I am home again from another wonderful trip. Can you guess where we went?

I took my sewing machine along this time and actually got some of my mini Temecula blocks done. I'll post their pix as soon as I finish one more. ;-)

In the meantime let me show you a bag I did as a pattern test awhile back. I didn't dare show you before because it was made as a gift for a friend. And her birthday was today!

This is called the Kitty Rose from Toriska Patterns. I enjoyed sewing it~ especially knowing my friend would love it too. ;-)

And I think I forgot to show you the quilt I made for my DGD.  Who can go wrong with a little mermaid quilt? ;-)

                         This was before quilting. I cannot find the after it was quilted photo right now. :-/

I'll be back soon~ a few blocks to sew up. ;-)

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!!

Hellloooo!!!!

Honestly~ I did not plan to be gone the whole of August!  And I planned to have another giveaway so you could guess where I was for half the month, but... the day before I was scheduled to leave I was checking out my 'travel' camera. A little Fuji that I loved. The motor had died! :-o So I went in search of a new 'travel' camera and found a little Canon I liked. I took a lot of photos! BUT! They did not include a cord with the camera! When I called they told me it was an accessory I had to purchase! :-(  Not happy.  So, no photos from that trip. Yet. In the meantime, I will be going on another next week and I plan to take my camera that is bigger, but I can get the photos off of it, so stay tuned for that guessing game/giveaway. ;-)

I got back from my trip, tired but very happy.  I had to get right to work on two pattern tests that I accepted. The first was a breeze and I will show you as soon as the pattern is released.  I finished up the second one today and absolutely love my bag! But this pattern is not for the faint of heart... and especially not really suited for a little home sewing machine. My Pfaff steamed through most parts, I had to hand crank some, and hand sew when the machine just couldn't do it. :-o  I can't wait to show you my bag though!   Stay tuned! :-)

I also had a block swap to get swapped and sent back out.  I love doing string block swaps! The blocks are so happy, and it does help control my scraps.  This time I chose a B&W center with brights for the strings. I was thinking a donation quilt down the line.  Not sure where it will go yet.  Aren't my blocks happy?  There are 6 blocks in each stack~ different centers and fabrics in them.  It should make a wonderful child's quilt.

So what have you been up to? Can you believe it is September 1st???!!!

Have you started thinking about Christmas gifts?  What are you making?

I need ideas! LOL

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!!