I'm A Bag Lady!

Everyone needs a retreat to get lots of sewing done! :-) I sure accomplished a lot!

I put the finishing touches on these two bags this past week.  

Both are Kim @ Lily Patch Quilts Tote Along Tool Caddy pattern. (Look at the top of her blog for her shop) ;-)

I love this pattern!  It has tons of pockets inside and out!

I did alter it a bit by adding a zipper closure at the top... just a little security. ;-)

And I just love the batiks! :-)

I am linking to Sew Sweetness's Purse Palooza 2014 again... you really should check out all the cool bags over there!

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!

More Vacation Sewing~

This is Kim's pattern~ Tote Along Tool Caddy.

I made it for my Mom a few years ago, and a friend of her's fell in love. :-)

So I made this one for her friend, Donna, while I was visiting. 

I did make a couple alterations to Kim's pattern. I added a little flap to the back pocket, 

and a zipper on top.

I overheard Donna tell mt Mom~ 'my bag

is prettier than your bag!' LOL :-) Uh-oh! ;-)

I'm sorry I didn't get this posted sooner, because when I was looking for a link to Kim's blog, I saw she had her patterns on sale. :-o  Oops! 

I'll be back soon with a few quilts from the show I saw. 

Until next time~

Happy Quilting!!

♥ Pure Pleasure!

I know I haven't been blogging as much as I normally do. I did hint that I was doing a little 'secret sewing'.  Well I can now let this little secret out of the bag! :-)   Last week I had the pure pleasure of testing Kim Sherrod's newest pattern~the Tote Along Tool Caddy.  :-)

The tote was designed to take your sewing and quilting supplies with you to a workshop, or to set on your sewing table and have everything handy. It has a large back pocket for your 12.5 inch ruler, or pattern book. And smaller front pockets for charm packs, smaller rulers etc~ and even side pockets for your rotary cutter  or whatever you want.  Your fabrics will fit inside, templates, marking tools, well, anything you can think to take along! And the shoulder strap is really comfortable.  You know, sometimes you buy a pattern and you can't figure out what it is they want you to do? Well, not this pattern! It is written so clearly and has such nice illustrations that anyone could make this bag and have fantastic results.  :-) 

♥  I loved it so much~ I made two!! :-)

The inside is loaded with pockets too~ I didn't take the photo with all my supplies inside because I wanted you to see all the pockets. :-)

Kim's etsy shop  has the pattern as well as the link above.  If you want to surprise a sewing friend~ or even want to step out to that next workshop in style yourself, hurry over and get a copy!  And have fun sewing up a beautiful tote!  :-)  Kim, thank you so much for trusting me to test your pattern! I love it! ♥