Posted in bags, ravelry, sewing on 20, March 2009 | 2 Comments »
The door bell this morning announced a delivery from the postman. My project bag swap stuff arrived from Bribroday (on ravelry).
I got a beautiful brown bag that has orange and lime accents – it is so very very me!!!
It was full of goodies.
Including another little project bag that is so sweet and would be [...]
Posted in bags, completed projects, fabric, knitting, sewing on 16, March 2009 | 5 Comments »
I belong to the Australian Swappers group on Ravelry. There is always a few swaps going on. The latest one that I am a part of is the project bag swap.
These are the ones that I made for my swapee. I probably wouldn’t have picked this fabric for myself, but it has sewn [...]
Posted in bags, craft research, knitting, links, sites, blogs, sewing, tutorials on 2, February 2009 | 11 Comments »
I have just joined an Aussie swap on ravelry that involves making a project bag. I promised that I would dig up some suitable tutorials and links.
U-handbag (UK) is a great resource for making bags and it has a great post on bagmaking for newbies.
Nicole Mallalieu is an Australian designer that focuses on hand [...]
Posted in bags, completed projects, crochet, yarn on 7, January 2009 | 2 Comments »
I needed a quick crochet fix after doing lots of big projects.
The fat bottom bag is from the Happy Hooker book. I used my some leftover red Bendigo Woolen Mills 8ply cotton and 5ply wool. I held the two strands together and used a 5.5mm hook. Both yarns were different reds but [...]
Posted in bags, completed projects, family, sewing, toys on 20, December 2008 | 1 Comment »
It is getting so close to Christmas now that I don’t think that it matters if I post about the christmas presents that I have made my family. I am pretty sure they don’t look at my blog anyway.
Last year I took the handmade pledge. This year it seemed all a bit too hard. I [...]
Posted in bags, completed projects, links, sites, blogs, patterns, sewing on 16, March 2008 | 5 Comments »
Have you seen a pattern that you just HAD to make ….. TODAY!
This morning I saw the Bias Tote Bag from marthastewart.com in Thimble’s tutorial links.
The husband was out and the kids were asleep and I was sure that my stash would turn up something. I used my clever clover tape maker for the [...]
Posted in bags, completed projects, patterns, sewing on 23, October 2007 | 5 Comments »
On my first day back at work I took at black leather (boring) handbag. Mum suggested against taking one of my more colourful handmade bags, citing something about ‘good first impressions’. Fair enough. Well I have been there for a week now, time to introduce some colour.
We made a trek to spotlight [...]
Posted in bags, good thing, online shops on 15, September 2007 | 4 Comments »
I am addicted to green shopping bags. Have a look here in the bottom of my kitchen cupboard.
I am pretty good at using them too. I rarely forget to take them when I go grocery shopping. My problem is that when I go to a shopping centre (not for groceries) I end [...]
Posted in bags, completed projects, fabric, other stuff on 11, September 2007 | 2 Comments »
I made my sister the Amy Butler Yoga bag. The pattern is available from here for free download.
Imagine this pattern adjusted a little, I put some pleats in the centre pocket so that it will fit a water bottle.
Now imagine it made out of these fabrics. I used the mustard morning glory [...]
Posted in bags, links, sites, blogs, patterns, sewing on 1, July 2007 | Leave a Comment »
How lucky am I!! I won a random draw from Melly & Me just for leaving a comment on their blog. I get to choose one of their new patterns. Yay! Then Sheridan told me that she bought me the Melly and Me Black Forest Bag pattern at the Sydney Craft Fair. [...]
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