And still more bags

Okay, I think I have sewn enough for one day. It took me 5 episodes of Survivor to finish these two bags. SB was watching them on the computer while I sewed. One is for my office manager and the other for Darling Daughter. They’re actually both made with the same fabrics, one is just turned inside out from the other. Click the image to enlarge.

Still making bags…….

Haven’t done much knitting lately, and even less housework. However, my friend at work, M.A. will have a nice new makeup bag come Tuesday morning. Primitive is really her thing and this fabric was the closest that I had to that style.

Another Little Bag-Ette

I love the process of learning from my mistakes. I look at the first bag that I made and what I learned from it, so that I can apply it to the next. Every bag gets a little better than the one before it. What’s funny is that I made the first one in about an hour and each bag thereafter takes progressively longer.  I think it’s because I tend to over-analyze everything. Bags included.

I have bemoaned the fact that I have SOOOOOO much fabric in my closet, in totes, in bags, and in baskets.  I have to say, tho, it’s nice to be able to just sift through all of the colors and patterns on the floor of my sewing room in my jammies, rather than going to a fabric store.

This is my latest one. About 10″ tall by 11″ across the top, with a 6″ x 6″ square bottom. I really need to see about getting some beads with large holes. Tying knots in the ends of the drawstrings just doesn’t flip my skirt — just doesn’t seem to be finished.

I’m not sure what this bag’s assignment will be. The base is bigger, so maybe it would make a better lunch bag. Decisions, decisions…… But cute, eh? I love the little wagons with the bluebirds perched on them.

Little Project Bag-ettes

These two little bags turned out pretty well. They are both about 9 inches tall, but one is a little smaller in diameter than the other. Not by choice. I measured and cut before I measured, measured again, and then cut. (Sigh) You’d think I’d learn after awhile.

This is the smaller of the two, my second attempt. I was going to use it as a lunch bag, but now I think I will use the other one because it’s bigger. I’ll be using this one for my knitting.

And this is the former project bag now promoted to lunch bag. I took off the other drawstrings that I had originally put on and replaced them with bias tape. Then I disassembled some of my jewelry for the beads. The price one pays for creativity…….

I’ll probably make 6 or 7 more of these before my obsession with them finally peaks. Then I’ll be off to something else that catches my fancy.

A Little Breathing Room

I’ve been having a lot of discomfort in my thumbs while knitting my oh-so-loved socks with my oh-so-loved yarn, so decided to put it aside for awhile.

I found this really great yarn on line — at a website called that is called Just Our Yarn — and bought a couple skeins to make a scarf that hopefully won’t make me itch. This is the colorway that I bought — it is Indulgence in magenta, deep forest green and electric blue. Contents are75% Merino/15% Angora/10% Silk. The pattern that I am using is Diagonal Lace Scarf designed by Helena Frank. I found it on Midnight Purls while surfing in the wee hours of the morning a couple weeks ago. Check out her site if you have a few minutes. Lots of great reading and other stuff, like great patterns!!

But anyway…..

I’ve knitted and felted a couple of bags but I don’t like them for carrying my knitting around. They’re great for other things, but not my knitting. Decided to make a drawstring bag from the literally hundreds of pounds of fabric that I have stashed in my closet. It didn’t do much to reduce my stash, but it turned out pretty well. It’s about 9 1/2″ tall with a 6″ x 6″ square bottom. Just big enough for a small project. Now Darling Daughter wants one for her makeup, except she doesn’t want it as tall. I really need to retire so I can stay home and knit and sew all of the projects that I have rattling around in my head.