Three Bags on the Burners
With a title like that, you must be wondering if I’ve lost my sanity. HA! Well, never had it in the first place, so there. :)
Since I’m on a sewing frenzy, I have to use every bit of excitement I have for it now, while I still GOT it! I go through phases of ‘crafting’. Oh, how I hate that word. Anyway….
Bag #1 is going to be the BWR (black, white, red) bag that my sis has requested. And even if she decides she doesn’t want or like it, the fun is in the creating of it! So here are the materials for her bag.
This is going to be done from a Hotpatterns.com pattern that she had her eye on. It is pictured in a previous post sticking out of my little file box and from the HandBag Heaven line. She said “NO BOW”, so she isn’t going to get one then. I think the fun black button may work just fine. But that can always be changed as it progresses.
Bag #2 is going to be done in something I had in my fabric stash! I adored this piece when I bought it, and I STILL love it to this day. There may actually be enough to make 2 bags because I think I purchased all that was left of it at the time.
I stopped at Michael’s on my trip to the southern most tip of the city today. (Felt like I was driving to Texas) They had the most GORGEOUS silk flowers out and I do believe I touched each and every one of them. One stuck out in particular and is going to adorn this bag upon completion. The pattern is also from HotPatterns.com and is called the Sumatra Bag. You can also download this pattern for free from from Fabric.com. I think that the leftover lining fabric from my Sweater ReStyle Tote will work perfectly for this lining, too – only I’m going to use the WRONG side! Why not!
Bag #3 is a fall bag that is also screaming for me to try. I think I must love fall or something as I gravitate towards these colors more so than others. Going to use the new pattern I got in the mail yesterday and the technique on the bag handle is very different. I’m either going to LOVE it or HATE it. But I must TRY it! :)
If you look real closely at the lining fabric on the left you can see it is a forest! Now how cool is that? Joann’s had SO many things on sale that I picked up this little quilter’s bundle for 25% off. It has all the right colors in it to make fabric flowers and leaves. But for the price PLUS 10% off your entire purchase today…? Come on now. You know you’d do it, too.
Please keep watching as I will do my best to keep posting how things are looking around here.