I absolutely love going to the Houston Quilt Festival, and I’m very lucky to be able to do so. I left home last Wednesday and returned home on Sunday, and it was so much fun to meet up with old friends and see the gorgeous quilts and the amazing vendors! […]
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I like to keep a pincushion with an attached bag next to my sewing machine so as not to end up with a zillion threads all over the floor for my dog to eat. 😉 I’ve had my last one for several years — I honestly can’t remember when I […]
Years ago I made a jewelry bag for travel, but I’ve always thought it was far too large for my needs, though I really liked all of its features. However, I recently saw a pattern from Indygo Junction for the Store & Go Zipper Case and thought it might work […]
The other day I ran across some adorable patterns for zippered bags at the Disorderly Threads site, and I couldn’t resist making them for a couple of equally adorable young girls, one of whom is our granddaughter (of course!). The other is the daughter of our younger daughter’s boyfriend. Our […]
About two weeks ago I began working on a new bag, taking a break of several days in the middle while we had a houseguest, and I finished it last night. This bag is another of the ones designed by Annie Unrein, whose patterns are very clear, with detailed instructions; […]
Remember the zippers I showed you yesterday? I made some cute little bags with a few of them today. I adapted a pattern I found online, though I changed a couple of measurements and quilted Soft and Stable to the pieces instead of using interfacing; I much prefer the body […]