really I’ve been sewing and getting things done… just not talking about it.

Today I had the day off from kids and hospital work (well, I will do some work tonight but that’s not day hours)

I’m not a purse maker. I love to buy patterns to make purses but I actually even trace the patterns very rarely.
I made the AB swing bag a few times and I’ve made a few wristlets for the kids… I make grocery totes regularily but that is different.

Anyway – at the annual sewing expo this year Suzanne (sewzanne’s fabrics) had a cute little bag that we all admired and ooh’d at. So, of course I had to give it a try and bought the pattern that week (back in the first week of March). Well, I finally traced and sewed it up and I’m happy. I bought this cute fabric at expo with some friends and fell in love with the little snails.

The bag is by that*darn*kat – her comming and going bag. I lengthed the strap a little and added a few pockets. A cute little purse. for me, I need a purse a pinch bigger so I can fit my basic stuff and some knitting in it too, but I do like it. very easy to sew up, even for an inexperienced bag maker like myself. I even used up some magnetic snaps I bought a few years ago! I’m planning on making on of these for P’s teacher – she’d like it.

Next is a dress I made for my little girl. It’s old stash fabric and an old stash pattern that I slightly altered. A very full dress. In the back, which you can’t see, is a large yellow vintage button I got from a friend 2 years ago at the sewing expo retreat. My little one really loved the dress. I’m going to do something similar again for her, just not quite as full I think.

I’m working on a shirt for me next