The Convertible Bag.....

Here is my 3rd Bag of the Month finished.....  I must say I really liked this pattern!  If you want the pattern it will most likely will be for sale after June/July when the Bag of the Month wraps up!  You can go to At Home with Mrs. H ......  she is the author of this pattern.   This was a super easy to make pattern!  I also used Annie's Soft and Stable for the first time, and while it is pricey it makes a huge difference and is so much easier to work with than the heavy Peltex!   After looking all over for Annie's Soft and Stable locally I found it right across the Mississippi from me at the quilt shop!   I will use it on all of my purses.  The only thing I really did different is I am a believer in interfacing and I used a medium weight fusible interfacing on the straps and tabs I really feel it gives the finished  look to the purse/purses!!!

I will say that the hardest thing about the bags is trying to buy the hardware locally!  By the time I go from store to store to find exactly what I am looking for to no avail I am better off ordering off the internet!

So here is my Convertible Bag ... with the hardware on this bag it can be made into a Backpack quickly!!

You cannot see it but there is room for your wallet, there is also 2 pockets and a hidden zip pocket on the inside of the bag!  Plus the outside pocket and the outside hidden zip pocket!

Happy Rainy Friday!!  Be Blessed in a big way!  Nancy

update mania....

Sorry if my blog roll is confusing today,  I was doing some long overdue housekeeping by putting labels on all of my old posts.... I had gotten lazy and quit doing that a couple of years ago.  So somehow it reposted a post from a year ago when I was doing this task..  my blog needs an overhaul any suggestions???

Nancy

The Kiss Clutch

Yesterday, I made The Kiss Clutch by Chris W. Designs, her patterns are great with pictures of everything!  I bought some hardware from her for the June Bag of the Month so she was sweet and included the pattern for free!  Thank you Christine!

It was a super easy pattern!!

Go on over to her blog and check out her other patterns, you know you want to  make one!

Chris W. Designs

Blessings to you on this Tuesday morning!

Nancy

Another Bag....

I made this a few weeks ago ( was waiting to get it shipped to her before I posted) for my long time friend Pat, she has been so good to take care of some errands for me with my house that is over 5 hours away from here.  I have it on the market and she is Johny on the Spot to do things for me.  In this case she was "Pat on the Spot".

So I knew that she loves purses, the bigger the better and she LOVES yellow....  ( I waited to post this until she had received her surprise in the mail)!   I hope she enjoys it as much as I had fun making the Purse and the Wallet!

I ordered the purse pattern from Etsy, the instructions left a lot to be desired.... It was one piece of paper with no illustrations.  but I will say I have found the best pattern designer's around and will continue to give them my business...... I joined the Bag of the Month Club so look out.... it looks like I will continue to make bags.... The wallet I pretty much have down pat!  I am not a yellow person but I LOVE this fabric....  Can you see the outside pockets on the bag?  Next time I will do a contrasting fabric!

One of the things I wished I had followed my instincts on and not paid a bit of attention to the author of the pattern was to sew my handles on BEFORE finishing the bag.  Oh well you live and learn!

The pattern did not call for any pockets anywhere!  No fear, I put a zippered one on the inside as well as a pencil pocket and a little bigger pocket PLUS two outside pockets which a cell phone will fit into.  Well at least the iPhone  fits in it!

The wallet  I LOVE!!!

And the inside.... on the far left their are two clear pockets for ID .....  a small zippered pocket for coins, two pockets one for cash and one for a checkbook and 5 slots for credit cards.... I think I have it covered!  The tri-fold-wallet pattern came from Craftsy and was worth every penny even if I changed it up a bit.  

and a coin purse key fob ( my first) and here is the free tutorial for that..... http://www.dogundermydesk.com/2012/08/easy-zippy-pouches/  Thank you Dog Under My Desk!  It is my first and not so perfect!!! Oh and my yellow zipper doesn't match up too well.... 

Hope you all had a Happy Mother's Day!

Blessings to you!  Nancy

Bag of the Month #2

Bag #2 was a Butterfly Sling Purse by Janelle MacKay at Emmaline Bags, it was an easy pattern and her instructions were awesome!

*** Edited to note that this pattern is through the Bag of the Month Club over at www.sewsweetness.com and the pattern will not be offered for sale until after June when the club is over!   Sorry for any inconveniences!

I now have March, April and May to catch up with!

This bag will make a wonderful travel purse, no need for a billfold with room to spare!  I used Amy Butler fabric and purchased my hardware from the author of the pattern!

A photo id holder, a pocket plus a zippered pocket!

Lots of room for all of your cards (you know all of those cards from every store you ever go to that might give you a discount if you use it enough?)!

Happy Thursday, the birds are sure chirping this morning!  Nancy

Pincushions...

I found a tutorial over here at My Go-Go Life for Cathedral Pincushions....

I made a couple of them.... these would make nice little gifts!

Happy Saturday!  Nancy

Bag of the Month.....

Well, I guess I went and did it.... I committed myself to a six month Bag of the Month Club, Over here at Sew Sweetness..  It is a six month project.... only problem is it started in January and if my calendar is correct it says May 2.  The good news is I have the January bag finished!  I am loving the challenge that each of the patterns have.

The January Bag is the "Bye Bye Love Bag" by Sew Sweetness herself.   The instructions were great.   I used M'liss fabric for the exterior and lining and Michael Miller for the solid color....  I did put black vinyl on the bottom of the bag.  I chose to use metal zippers, just because..

So here you have it.....  it is a pretty good size bag.

Love the lining too which has 2 big pockets on each side of the interior!

Nice roomy zipper pocket on the backside.

This picture does not do justice to the roominess of the inside.  There are four large pockets and even a slender pocket for a couple of ink pens.

So there you have it my first Bag of the Month... One down five to go, with four to catch up to!

Have a Blessed Weekend!  Nancy