1940's Weekend

A busy weekend at the 1940'sweekend in Melton Mowbray,

 and beautiful weather to go with it, Saturday being the better day but Sunday the rain held off until pack up time.

thanks to everyone that came and supported me and hope you had a great time with all that was going on, a  fabulous event.

I didn't get chance to take pictures of some of my makes, 

the peg bags, right in my top picture just went.... all gone!!

all my bags....gone, union jack cushions and bunting...gone.

I have a big to do list now.

        

loving the peach fabric below, a couple of my new fabrics of which there are quite a few, all on the list for future makes and kits, keeping watching.

 

Sewing Bag, On the Go.

On the go sewing bag 

oh my I love this fabric and I love this bag, a gal can never have too many bags, I wish I could find a crochet or wool fabrics, that would be just perfect!!

I like to go out and about with my sewing or crochet, this bag is just perfect for an outing to meet friends for lunch and an hour or two's craftiness!

its big enough to fit some hand sewing, my hexie cushion cover for one thing, or a couple of balls and a hook for some crochet granny squares.

my squares are fussy cut a little, just to get some of them with a full sewing machine on but not all, some quilting, 1/4 inch on either side of my seams makes a great stitch detail.

and a hand made little tag just finishes it off nicely!

lined with some bright pink to pick out the pink from the outer fabric plus I like to line things with lighter colours, much easier to find things lol

     

 

Rainbow Hexagon Drawstring Bag

Who doesn't love a bit of bag making, one of my favourite things to do, keeps e busy, keeps me sane, and you could always do with another bag for something or other!

A popular design in new fabrics (as happens a lot round here)

loving this colour combination for such a handy bag.

with 6 outer pockets around the hexagon base, a handy bag for crafty bits, makeup, a wash bag, baby bag, whatever you want it for.

available in kit form from my Etsy shop here take a look at all the other great kits on offer.

a great bag to make, its 12" tall so a decent size and not too difficult so suitable for intermediate sewers.

also good for beginner's with guidance, i am always on hand to help.

    

 

The Hobby Bag

The Hobby Bag

I designed this bag a few years ago, its a very popular kit, and the reason for so many fabric changes.

available here

 Its the perfect size for on the go project bag, I have quite a few of these bags hanging around lol, with projects in waiting to be picked up and just taken on an outing, a crochet project to meet the crochet girls for lunch out and couple of hours crochet after in our favourite cafe.

One has all my sewing threads in, another has an applique quilt project in

people have used them as make up bags and baby bags, whatever you want it to be for.

and now its in the hedgehog fabrics, love it

 

  

Pocket Pouch Tool Bag

 I love a new design and this one has kept me busy over the last couple of weeks,

The kit is available here 

and has everything you need to complete the project including all the wadding and interfacing, nothing annoys me more than getting a kit then have the wadding or something else missing to hold up play lol

This bag opens up flap and has two zipped pockets sewn into the inside of the outer bag, it then has 4 flip zipped pockets, so plenty of room to hold all sorts of wonderful things, great for any hobby, cross stitch, crochet, sewing, kids crafts, makeup jewellery .....the list goes on.

it comes with all you need to make plus written and photo instructions, plus if you need me to advise just get in touch.

February 2022

Christmas 2021 is done and gone thank goodness, January 2022 is done and gone thank goodness, 

not much to say about January, depression, as always, not much sewing! 

I find it hard in the dark months of the new year to do much at all apart from wish them away, the bag which I love was made during December then the machine was put away for the holidays and didn't come out again until last week, 20the January when I made these notebooks, one for an order, that made me get the machine out!! and lovely project broke the  no sew time!!

love making these notebooks and just ending up where I end up.

I did then go on to make a new design bag which I will post about separately.

for now I am in countdown for the retreat, moved and moved again to February 19th, 18 days and counting, think I like it this time of year, something to look forward to and get me through the dark days of these couple of months!! 

bring it on!!

 

Oh i am really rubbish at keeping my blog up to date, i don't know how i had time to go to work 40 to 50 hours a week, i seemed to be more organised then, oh and having the hour or so first thing in the morning to blog maybe what kept this going. maybe i need to set myself a timetable of what to do when, that would help me out now, maybe that should be a new years goal, to get organised!!

mmm need to think about this.

my journaling seems to have lost its spot as well at the minute although that's because I'm just not organised in the craft room, a reorganise is on the cards.

and then maybe a timetable of what to do when would be good. as sewing is my business i feel that i should devote all my time to that and feel guilty if i don't but surely i need to give some of my time to the other things i enjoy too, see a timetable may be in order.

but i need to bring things up to date in here, last time i blogged it was July, although that seems like yesterday, its now November!! whoops!!

so what's been happening since July?

Well

and i think these are in the wrong order......

    

Polly came to stay, was meant to be a 4 dayer but it ended up just one night but we managed to get some sewing in and spend some time together, it was over all too quickly as it always is!!

i have been doing the vintage market all year which has been lovely, just once a month on a Sunday, love doing the markets, this is from the 1940's weekend they had in the park, only did the Sunday but it was an amazing day, back to its proper spot in May for 2022 so will be doing both days for that one, looks to be a great event.

      

we formed a crochet group, our first meet up was in the country park, we have since moved to hill top farm where we meet have lunch and crochet, always get comments from other people that are there.  just a small little group, Gemma, Elaine, Allison, Dawn and myself

sewing wise i have done quite a lot, one being the printing workshop, not that the full workshop has happened yet bt Elaine and Gemma did try this out for me, a lovely afternoon.

we haven't managed to have our retreat yet but this is now booked for February WOOHOO, cant wait!

we have had a couple of meetups though, Susan, Ann, Ben Barb and myself.

miss spending time with these guys so looking forward to February.

just a few of the projects i have been working on since July, there have been many, i will do a separate post for the Christmas projects.

some new notebook cover designs, plus bag fabrics, they change so quickly as i run out of fabrics, 

some crocheting and wool spinning using drop spindles that Niall made for me, love this!

we also did a crochet along doing the grace blanket, all the colours are gorgeous, we all did something different, must get some photo's of all the colours together.

     

so a little catch up from July to about October. 

 

The Beach Bag

Love this big bag, just perfect for those staycation days out, lovely and big to fit all the bits and pieces you need in a fab fun fabric.

full kit with written and photo instructions available here

Lets Sew It

it has everything you need to complete the project including Bosal wadding.

with the gorgeous tie top feature so you can fill it to your hearts content without worrying about closing it, it will all fit it!!

  

it has the fab front and back pockets for your book or magazine, a must for a relaxing time on the beach while the family play in the sand.

it also has an inside zipped pocket to safely keep your purse, phone and car keys

 

 

Another couple of remakes in new fabrics, 

the hobby bag and the medium drawstring tote, both popular bags that i have had to remake with new fabrics.

the hobby bag is a great size for the smaller craft project, or for a take out bag.

i use mine for all my sewing threads, so when i go out i just pick it up and go.

Lets Sew It

this gorgeous little drawstring tote, i just love this one,  can be used as a hand bag, a lunch bag, its great for whatever you need, just love it, this also comes in a ballerina fabric for the little girls.

 

New fabric remakes for these designs.

a very popular design.

i have so many of these project bags, great for out and about not just crafting although i use them for crochet projects so i can leave then in the bag until the item is finished.

available to buy in kit form from Lets Sew It

   

i also revisited this workshop from a few years ago, new sewing machine, get to have a go with all those wonderful stitches, this is the perfect project to do that.