Green and blue backpack

Yesterday I went to a going out of business sale at a local fabric store. Today I made this backpack using a couple of the prints I bought there. The fabric is a change from the much more traditional prints I have been using for years.

What do you think?

Birdy Backpack

It's for the birds again today! I just completed a backpack using the Rosemary Millette print that I love. I find a backpack such a handy bag to use while I'm birding or traveling. It's great for a bottle of water, bug repellant, my camera lenses, tissues, field guide. It's amazing what all fits into such a compact little bag! The inside pockets are great for easy access to the things you need quickly.....your phone, notepad and pen, keys......

Table runner and Center mat

For years I have been making chair pads and placemats using the Rail Fence pattern. Recently I saw an adaptation of the pattern which creates a star in the block center. The pattern was for a quilt but I needed to see immdeiate results so I made a runner.

Because I strip-piece the squares for the rail fence blocks there are usually left overs. These I had pushed aside on my ironing board but imagine my surprise when I turned to see them rearranged and begging to be made into something!

It's true!! I heard them!! The little table center piece was the result.

Bird print coasters

While making the fabric luggage handle wraps it was only a natural progression to a set of coasters. What could be simpler or more attractive?

Travel accessories for birders

This blog was started almost 3 years ago and has been gathering dust ever since. Time to reactivate it and show you what I have been working on.

I love to combine my interest in birding with my sewing. Lately there seems to be an increase in the number of fabrics which have birds incorporated into their design. I can't resist them!

As a traveller these luggage handle wraps have been a godsend when collecting our luggage from the baggage carousel. We discovered that tying a brightly coloured ribbon to the handle didn't work......almost everyone else had the same idea! Purchasing a bright red suitcase meant we had fewer suitcases to check out on the belt but it seems there were more and more people doing the same. However a brightly coloured fabric wrap on the luggage handle proved to be the perfect solution.

Of course I couldn't stop with the suitcase identifiers! Every traveller these days needs a passport and so a passport holder with room for all the other necessary travel documents was a must have! A picture of a bird on the front of it wasn't a requirement but it sure does hint to the custom officials why you have all that optical equipment in your carry-on!