some of my coats

black wool coat with knitted leather belt

gray cotton coat with metal buckles

one with a bird...

coat complete with a fur bag

coat complete with bag

breathtaking view

runaway zebra! – Sewing Projects | BurdaStyle.com

runaway zebra! – Sewing Projects |

purple silence

Purple woollen hand knitted bag with wood like handles and beautiful knitted flowers.

Daiwabo....

I have been saving the most beautiful Daiwabo Fabric to make a quilt for Garth.


In the process I kept aside enough to make four wristlets for my Etsy shop.

I used the basic pattern from Lea over at Sew Spoiled just click on the 'shop' tab at the top of her blog.  This pleated wristlet pattern, by the by, is very versatile and fun to make.

Here they are!!!!!  All ready for you over at Square Bag Shop on Etsy . 

All have zippers on top with a hand beaded zipper pull. 

It's week 6, no 5 is it 7??.

Really it is week six of the Sew Spoiled Weekender Tote Sew Along (or SSSA) ...but I went ahead and finished.  The project is blogged here .   Go take a look at what the others in the group are doing.  Also, we post our progress on Flikr.  Click the link to see those too.  Here are some pics of what I have done.

The magnetic closure is in now.... and here you can see the huge pocket.

 And here, turned right side out and top stitched.  Now for an accessory:

...how about a wristlet/clutch/keyfob?  

There they are...big bag and little bag.

It's Week 3

This is week 3 of the "Sew Spoiled Weekender Tote Sew Along"... how about SSSA for short?  There are 57 of us in a Flickr Group  started by Leah over at Sew Spoiled (how did you guess).

Ok,  I put together my outer pieces and all, so here are some photos of my progress:

Sewing the front pieces together and topstitched.  Pressing on a ton of interfacing....Ok....front pleat opened up . Then the scariest part of all...cutting away so much of the bag using the pleat template.  Here is where a lot of us just stopped.  I zoomed over to the Flickr group and found I was not the only one.  Leah posted in and said  all was well and to go for it. 

                                              

             

I did, and now I am ready for Week 4......

Flikr Photo Of The Day

AggieRay
originally uploaded by aggieray46.

AggieRay Designs has come up with a real head-turner! Aside from the stunning design of the bag...I love the staging of the photo with the mirror. Beautiful.

Just Listed In My Shop....Look, Look....

What do you think....is this suedecloth bag just green or deep celery....how about basil?

I have just listed this and the Lucy Tote in my shop.  

I love suedecloth, but it is not new to me....But  Laura Gunn’s new fabric line “Lantern Bloom” knocks my sox off and really shows off this bag…or this bag shows of her fabric line. The lining is also from the line. Laura is an artist and this bag, inside and out, looks like a painting. The aqua background really makes the orange Chinese Lantern Flowers pop.