Reusable Grocery Bag

I dislike the look and feel of the reusable tote bags sold at grocery stores so I am forever making ones to use. When I saw this pattern I knew it was just what I had been looking for. It's roomy, sturdy and attractive. Because it is cut in one piece it uses quite a bit of fabric but there are then fewer seams to "give way". I sewed using a french seam to encase the raw edges and to provide more strength. The added bottom panel also provides extra reinforcement.

The only problem I can foresee is putting more into this bag than I can comfortably carry!

Fabric Flowers

Erin recently asked for some fabric flowers made from scraps of fabric. These were fun to do but now I just need to come up with a use for them!

Camera Lens Bag

My daughter Erin is a photographer. She does amazing work. Some of it has been showcased recently on the ultimate wedding blog "Style Me Pretty". She has also been doing a lot of work for the Stratford Festival and is shooting a white attire garden party and some of the opening ceremonies this weekend. She needed to get dressed up for this honour and wanted a camera lens bag to match her new dress. I was pleased when she asked me to make one for her! And I was pleased with the result. 

A rainy thursday....

It's Thurdsay. It's raining. I just finished up a couple large sewing orders. We're going away for the weekend. I can't get motivated to start anything new.

So, I started looking through photos of items I made, in some cases, years ago. Maybe time to try these again?

Craft Sale Add-Ons

The one thing I have discovered after doing a craft show and sale is that the sales don't neccesarily stop when the show is over. At the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival I had several people pick up business cards and some followed through with orders.

A customer looking for chair pads dropped by to pick out fabrics and today I finished the 12 chair pads, 8 placemats and the child's rocker set that she finally decided on.

And tonight another order of my "tuck and go" tote bags is being picked up. These will be gifts for the guests at a wedding rehearsal dinner on Friday evening.

Fresh as an Ocean Breeze

The colours in my latest backpack were the inspiration for this treasury. Within hours of posting it, it had reached number 1 on the "hotness" scale. I'm rather proud of the way it turned out!

Pieced Chair Pads

I've neglected this blog for far too long. I'm returning to it, just like I've returned to making chair pads. After months of not doing any, I have recently had several requests. Here's one of the sets that I just completed.