What I did today....

I love my baby but wow does she love to get dirty so the first thing I did today was give Vallie a bath.  She doesn't like the blow dryer but she gets so fluffy when I use it so she just puts up with it.  She is now 6 months old and so in dog years doesn't that make her 3.  If so, it now makes sense.....she's entered the "terrible three" stage.  Heaven help me!!

Next up is a new bag I made using the same pattern as the one with the upside down pockets only this one is correct.  This one is made with a Moda charm pack from Blackbird Designs and I just love the colors.  The inside lining is a beautiful pale blue fabric that matches the straps.  I gave this one a hard bottom by covering a piece of plastic canvas with fabric and placing it inside.  Makes the bag stand up by itself which I like for knitting projects.

The above one is so girly!!  If you know me, you know I love pink and green together and I've had this selection of fat quarters for awhile just waiting to make something out of them.  Well this is what I came up with.  I cut 2.5 inch strips and sewed them together like the square one with the seams on the outside.  For a first time, I think it turned out kind of cute and is a good size for my little knitting projects.

The above is what I have finished so far on the Chatelaine SAL.  The picture gives you a good idea of the fabric I'm using and the colors of floss.  Not all the colors are in the picture yet and I'll take another one once they are so you can see all of them together.

Well that's what I've been doing today.  I hope everyone else has had a good day of stitching and that the frog stayed home.

Blessings as always,

Barbara

Why you shouldn't talk on phone and sew at same time.....

This morning I got out of bed with a want to do some sewing so off I went to my sewing room with gung ho fever.  I decided to undertake the making of a tote bag I had seen on Etsy but I figured I could sew this myself instead of buying one.  I picked out my three fabrics and started cutting.  Now everything was going perfectly till a friend called and I continued to pin and sew.  With this pattern, when you have everything sewn, you just clip the seams and then wash and dry it and the seams will get that "old" look about them.  Well while I was clipping I noticed something very strange about the inside of my bag.  Now this pattern calls for 3 inside pockets which are sewn in as you put the bag together.  Mine were not in the correct place.  Mine were in upside down!!!!!!!!!!!!  I had sewn the bottom of the bag to the wrong end of the tube and my pockets were now facing downwards.  Now I ask you....what can I use these pockets for???  I can't take the bag apart because it's already been washed and dryed so the seams are there to stay.  

So what have I learned from this?  Never, ever talk on phone while sewing.....it leads to upside down pockets that can hold nothing but air.  LOL

I have also started my Chatelaine SAL Rosettes Delight.  I was going to stitch it on 36ct. natural linen but the colors I chose were just too dark for the fabric.  I didn't like it at all so I decided to stitch it on 20ct. Pewter Jobelan over 1 thread.  I love 40 ct. linen but I didn't have any big enough and I found this pewter and I loved how the colors looked.  Also it's quite easy to stitch on counting wise.  I hope to have a little more of it stitched and I'll post a pic tomorrow sometime.

I hope all of you are having a terrific weekend so far and that all of you in the heat wave zone....keep cool.

Blessings as always,