Sunday, July 6, 2014

Another Soft and Stable bag.....

Remember the back pack I made for my daughter? She loves it, yay! But she just announced yesterday that she REALLY needs a matching carry on bag for her upcoming trip to England that she is going on with my dad (lucky her!). Fortunately I had already purchased this pattern but had not planned on making it quite yet!

It's another By Annie pattern, and once again has terrific instructions, but LOTS of pieces! So I spent a couple hours last night just cutting everything out and labelling with the handy sheet of reference labels in the pattern. I do need to run to Joann's to get some zippers though. I have until Friday to get it done before  our trip to the Adirondacks. Yikes! 

Another thing I was hoping to get done by then is a skirt. I was blog hopping yesterday-don't you love the bunny trails you end up on sometimes following one link after another? I started with Faeries and Fibres where I am doing this hexie quilt along:

Karen had a link to a cute little project bag that I thought about making:
Tutorial: English Paper Piecing Travel Kit, Hexies Part 3 | The Zen of Making

This tutorial is at the The Zen of Making. Well then I found this cute skirt tutorial there too:

Tutorial: Perfect Summer Skirt (with Pockets!) | The Zen of Making

I have such a hard time finding skirts that don't make me look like the side of a house and are not too short. For two yards of fabric I might just try it. I'll let you know if it ends up in the scrap pile or not!

OK, off to Joann's for supplies!

Happy sewing!
Deb

4 comments:

  1. Of course she needs a matching carry on bag Mom!! That is really nice that they include labels for the pieces, especially if there are a lot of them. That is a cute skirt! I really like that little project bag too!

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  2. Cute bag. Cute skirt. Busy week for you. I want to hear how that skirt comes out.

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  3. Can't wait to see the finished project !!

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  4. Love your hexies so far.
    That little sewing kit is so cute. I saw it on Karen's blog too.

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