Slightly overhead view of a quilt, mostly blue-grey and white with pops of greens and oranges, under the needle of a Bernina 790PRO sewing machine for quilting. Small scissors are on top of the machine, oriented for a left-handed person.

Onward!

It’s been a while since I’ve posted about this quilt that I’m making as a gift. I did most of the piecing  during sewing days with my group, and then I got sidetracked. First of all, of course, there was the major problem with my Bernina 790PRO, which sort of […]

Folded and closed travel bag made in purple/green dinosaur print with purple trim.

Travel Essentials

I mentioned in a previous post that I was participating in a “Slow Along” — a slow-paced series of video steps toward making (in this case) a travel toiletries bag called Travel Essentials. We began about eight weeks ago, and the last step was released yesterday, giving everyone lots of […]

Rectangular, open-top bag in dinosaur print with a large purple diagonal piece for accent and purple binding.

Hot Tools Holder

This is from a ByAnnie pattern called Travel Essentials, and it’s little extra bag (Hot Tools Holder) to hold a curling iron, with a separate pocket for the cord. It makes it possible to pack a curling iron while it isn’t yet completely cool. The last seam was stitched through […]

Jewelry case, closed, in purple print with solid purple closure strap.

Replacing a bag

About eleven years ago, I made a ByAnnie bag (Jewelry Travel Case — on the right here). It’s really nice, with pockets for various things (larger earrings, watchbands, etc.), along with a place for post-type earrings, a wonderful way to carry necklaces tangle-free, and all sorts of things. But it’s […]

Large dimensional pocket in purple and green, again featuring a triceratops. Zippered top.

Bits and pieces

A while back, I explained that I was making yet another bag, this one called Travel Essentials. However, instead of just sitting down and making it, I’m participating in a “Slow Along” where everyone in the virtual group does the same step at the same time and has access to […]

Closed multicolored "tube" bag with a blue rotary cutter next to it.

Another handy bag

Almost a year ago, I posted the fourth in a set of bags (photo on the right) I’d made for when I take my smaller Kaffe Fassett Bernina 475 to a sewing group. The bags were to hold all of the various tools I might need — reducing the likelihood […]