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.

    

 

Time To Create

Time to create

Myself and a group of crafty friends go on a sewing retreat every year, of course that hasn't been possible the past couple of years, but finally last week we managed it, well most of us, an injury resulting from a fall, kept one member in hospital, but she did manage a couple of visits later in the week.

it is a time to relax, spend time with friends, enjoy being creative without interruptions.

a great time, sewing during the day, crochet in the evening in front of the telly, bliss!!

I didn't think I got much done but I suppose I did really, a quilt topper, four bags( one already gone to its new home) finished my felted notebook cover and evenings working on my harbour blanket.

and as a group, that's quite some creativity going on there, notice 3 harbour blankets being worked on lol

so planning begins for the next one, bring it on.

 

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.

Lets play with wool.

Winter means crochet!!

well anytime means crochet to be fair!

I've always got something crochet or knitting related on the go, at least a couple at a time!

Over Christmas I worked on the yuletide from Attic24, loved this one, well in the end I did, when I first saw the sneak peaks of it, it didn't take my fancy but it grew on me and in the end I succumbed and ordered and really enjoyed making it, would like to go again with different colour ways too.

I have worked on a few baby blankets over the last few months too, leftovers and odd balls of wool, nice to work on smaller projects and quick finishes too.

and of course socks, I love making my socks, when I asked my sun in law what he wanted for Christmas the answer was nothing, don't worry about me which quickly changed to oh actually some of your socks please, soon sorted that out and he was very pleased with them too!

these are my quick 2 needle sock pattern design, cause I cant stand using more than 2 needles or circular needles so I made me own design up, this is my hand spun pair, 

mmm love them!

 

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!!