GO!

I soooooo want an Accuquilt GO! It is a template "machine" that cuts your fabric in perfect quilty shapes. I have been wanting one for about a year and I just discovered that one of my favorite bloggers at a la mode fabric is having a giveaway of one of these beauties thanks to Accuquilt. Please let me win!!!

New Addition

Now this isn't a crafty post at all. Sometimes I just have to post about life. Our life has become a little crazy in the past 2 days as we have a new addition to our family.

Meet Lily!!!!

She's our American Bulldog/Chocolate Lab mix and she is the most adorable, lazy, playful little pup ever. We love her!

2nd Grade Messenger Bag

Emma has been begging me to make her a new schoolbag this year. I guess the trusty LL Bean backpack just isn't cool anymore. So this morning I finally took the time to whip up this messenger bag for her. It's quite big for my petite 7 year old, but it will definitely hold her folders, lunchbag and library books. As I got started she informed me that it needed a heart-shaped pocket with her name on it. We compromised with the letter "E" in purple fuzzy leopard print. The outer bag is a home decor canvas and the lining is flannel. I also used interfacing as well as a thin layer of batting for stability. The strap is adjustable with 2 "square" rings. I am quite proud of this and may already have a request for 2 more for a friend's daughters. Woohoo!!!

Butterfly Bag

My friend's daughter turned 15 yesterday and tonight is her party. After asking around this morning I discovered that she likes green, blue, butterflies and purses.
Taadaa!!!!!!! Here's her new purse! It's based on the purse that I made for myself earlier this year and I've decided to call it the "Mili Purse". Get it? MIssie LInd....
I love this fabric from Hoffman. The pictures don't do it justice as the swirls and butterfly accents are actually silver, but you get the idea.

Another Birthday Purse

This one is for our friend, Gabby, who is turning 2 today. Hope she likes it! It's one of my gathered pouch purses which I'm thinking of renaming the "Girly Purse". What do you think?

Progress

Just a quick little post. I sewed some cute ladybug sleep shorts for myself the other day, but I really need to tweak the pattern a little. Pictures of those later. Here's a pic of the Moda Mix quilt in the yard as I attempted to sandwich the pieces together. I was going to pin it together, but then realized that I would be pinning the tarp into it as well. I really need a house with a large floor space just to make my quilts. Aaahhh, someday.....

Another Purse

Here's a little purse I whipped up on Saturday afternoon for my friend's 16 year old. Her favorite color is purple and she likes Elmo, so I had this funky fuzzy purple leopard print fabric, and some Elmo fabric leftover from a dance bag I made her a few years ago. There is an outer pocket under the flap and the strap is adjustable. I'm quite sure she loved it! Now if I could just remember the dimensions......