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!!

Home Sewing~

If you read my last post~

I am disappointed, my McD's did not have any of the little sewing machines. :-(

I hope you had better luck!

Home Sewing~ I'll bet you

are thinking 'what kind of a title is that?!' ;-)

Well, every time I go to visit my parents, my Mom and I choose a project to work on..

so I was 'sewing' at their 'home'. ;-)

This time we chose the Beatle Bag.  We found the

pattern at one of the quilt show vendors and thought what fun!

Viola! Matching bags! :-)

The black strip of velcro is where a pincushion attaches. We didn't have them stuffed when I took the photo. I did make some minor adjustments to the pattern, and had to do a bit of ripping when the directions weren't very clear; but overall we are happy with our new bags. :-)  

I brought back all kinds of fun things in my bag~ more rings,

some fish hooks I found, etc. Eventually I will clean it out and use it for my 

portable embroidery bag. ;-)

I still haven't gotten the quilt show photo's off the camera~ it seems like the

days are just flying! But I'll try to get them re-sized this weekend,

and be back.

Hope you have a lovely week, and a happy 4th!

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!!

Home Again! Home Again!

Jiggety-Jig! LOL  Remember that childhood poem? or am I really dating myself? :-)

We took most of June and visited our familes in SD.

I thought I might be able to post while gone, but that didn't work out. :-o

I have much to share!! :-)

But first I need to get my laundry done, photo's resized etc.

So in the mean time I want you to go visit Missie~

She blogs at ~~Traditional Primitives~~

Just look at what she found!

~photo borrowed from Missie~

Isn't that just the cutest?! I was in a couple McD's and never spotted them! :-(

I've got my fingers crossed to win one from Missie ;-) But if I don't~ maybe you will?

I'll be back soon!

Have a happy weekend!!

June!!

Are you as shocked as I am that it is June already??

Where did May go? :-)

For me, it was spent cooking~ DS is home from college. LOL

I forgot how important meals can be! ;-)

And I did get some sewing done, but not much~

more time was spent outside with my flowers. :-)

I finally caught myself up with Pam Buda's Market Day Sew-Along.

This is Steps 5 and 6~

As I was doing the HST's I snapped a photo of a quick trick.

When I only have a couple HST's to do, I cut the squares and draw the line

and sew on either side. I'm sure you probably do that too?

But, I keep a big nail file with my sewing supplies for this step~

It works great to hold the fabric to draw the lines. No wiggling out from

under the ruler at the corner. :-)

 

 

Do you have some things that don't necessarily belong in your sewing box, but

work great? I'd love to hear your tips and hints!

 

Happy June!!

Monsters! Oh My!

I made this tote bag today from some scraps of canvas,

interfacing and fleece scraps. I found the pattern in the most recent

Sew-It... Today magazine, but I had to make some changes. ;-)

I put pockets around the inside, and used some Decor Bond to

give it more shape. 

Its for my DGS.  I could not find a single crayon to put in its mouth,

so I used the white ones I have for hand embroidery projects.

I will definitely buy some before I give this away. ;-)

Hope this finds you having some fun times sewing too!

Until Next time~

~Catching Up!~

Gosh, I think that could be the title for over half of my posts!

It seems like I am always a step behind~ and getting back in bed and getting up out of the other side does not help! :-) LOL

I finally caught up with Steps 2 & 3 of the Market Day Sew-Along that Pam @ Heartspun Quilts is hosting.

I set two rules for myself~ 

I can only use my scraps~ no cutting from FQ's or other yardage.

And use what I have~ which kind of repeats the first rule,

but it keeps it in my head. :-)

I am doing both the regular size version and the mini.

One in my CW fabrics and the mini in little bits of brighter

fabrics.

So far I like it! Although my CW backgrounds do need replenishing!

I had a hard time finding lights in my stash. I'm thinking these may end up as stars :-)

Tomorrow the next step is revealed.

I'm happy to be caught up!

Until ext time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

Simply Small

Sherri had her Simply Small parade

over the weekend and I forgot to blog about my project! :-o

I loved this pattern!  And with the little cut off corners I made a mini

or mug rug, or tea rug or whatever. ;-)

The mini charm pack I used was called Harvest Moon

by Kansas Troubles. I just did a little all over

swirly, loopy quilting. 

Be sure to visit Sherri's and see the rest of the parade. :-)

Busy days at my house, but I'll be back with my little

blocks for the Heartspun Quilts sew along soon~ they are turning out

so cute!!

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!