Super Tote Love

Super Tote love.  I did it.  Jumped on the band wagon and made myself a Super Tote.  What can I say, I just love it!  I've been eyeing this bag pattern for a while now and finally decided to just make one already!  The pattern is the Super Tote by Noodlehead.  Some how I see a few more of these in my future.  It's a great size for traveling, which we all know I do quite frequently.  I picked up the red quilted fabric and the holiday fabric for a steal at my local craft store.   For the interfacing I used fusible fleece and it worked like a charm.  Instead of making elastic pockets on each side, I made one and put a pocket for my phone on the other side.  I also added a key fob finder.  I can not stand to use a bag with out one of those now!  Everything came together pretty nicely.  It was a nice slow project for me, I really took my time making this one.  It took me about four days.  To be fair, I actually cut out an entire other bag and fused all the interfacing on, then decided to make another our of red holiday fabric.  So three days all in all.  That's in between cleaning the house, showering, eating etc lol.  Now I have to sew and assemble the other one.  It's a great tote!

Holiday Clutch

Yes, I am obsessed with sewing bags!  We already know that though.  Here is my holiday hand bag.  I am in love yet again!  So, with that being said, I will also enter this into Purse Palooza 2014.  This will be bag number six for me.  Six entries LOL.  Do I feel the need to blog every time I make a bag? No.  But this is the only way I could figure out how to post pics of my entries!  Besides, who doesn't like to admire a handmade handbag!  If you are a bag sewist there is still time to enter your bag creation over at Sew Sweetness Purse Palooza 2014.  Contest runs through November 14th.

And Another!

Obsessed with these! Using my own pattern and just boxing the the corners! Loving my little snow person zip pull!   Shelly Jack Peek A Boo Traveler pdf pattern on Craftsy.

A Bag For Every Season!

I love seasonal and holiday themed bags!  They are fun and quick to make.  Here is my 'altered' Amy Butler Spice Market Tote Bag made with holiday tree quilting fabric.  My goal was to use up my holiday stash and not purchase any new fabric right now.  So, I had to alter the pattern just a tad to work with what was available.  Happy with the results!

I also made up a few of my own Shelly Jack Peek A Boo Traveler's!  I am a little obsessed with these right now.  I've got six cut out.  Two down, four more to go!  I also altered the pattern a bit and made a smaller version.  Love!  It was very easy to downsize.  I just cut all the measurements in half!  I will be updating and adding those instructions to the pattern this weekend.  

How CUTE is the little snowman zipper pull!!!  Love how it looks like he has legs and feet!  The Bling Pattern is included with the Peek A Boo Traveler Pattern!  I picked up seasonal beads and only used three on this one to make the snowman!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.  The weather here is perfect for sewing a few of these up!

Cargo Duffle!

It is absolutely gorgeous outside today!  So I headed outdoors to photograph the new bag that I made. Yet another creation I am in LOVE with!  This one is the Cargo Duffle by Noodle-head.  You can get the FREE pdf pattern over here at Robert Kaufman.  It was a pretty easy project.  I took my time quilting the pieces and got reacquainted with my machine.  It gets a little challenging with all the layers, but if you take your time and use the proper needle and thread it comes together nicely.   I really enjoyed working on this bag.  All in all it took me about two days to complete, working on and off during my days.  I will be making a few more of these for sure!  It is the perfect size for my little four year old niece as an over night suitcase.  It's also perfect to tote around books and my e-readers and iPad on road trips.  Toiletries would fit perfectly in here including the blow dryer on longer trips.  It could also be made in plain canvas or leather for a man bag too.  Great pattern!  Now go make one! =)

Think I'm headed back out to that pool.  The water is cold but the sun is warm!

Room With A View

This has been the view from my balcony this weekend.  Actually, I chose to enjoy a majestic pink orange sunset without looking through a lens the other night as well.  I am so in love with this view of ours!

Who does this?  Does any one know what kind of birds those are?  And where the heck to they keep those kinds of birds..  Must have very large cages.  Can you imagine the poop!  LOL

Anyway, that was totally awesome to see.

The next morning I awoke to this!  For real.  I was waving like crazy.  Like a crazy woman in her pajamas and slippers at 7:30 am!  They had to see me.  There is NO WAY they didn't.  Maybe they were more concerned with passing over my building than waving to me!! Again LOL

I feel like at this point they saw me, but then realized how close they actually were to the building!

Our awesome pumpkin!  I made Dave pay extra for that stem!  So spoiled!  But seriously, this made my day =)

Last but not least by any means, here is my doctor bag!  I love how it turned out, even though it is MUCH smaller than I thought it would be.  Don't ask me why.  I read the pattern and instructions.  Not sure why I thought all tubular hardware came in one size!  Seriously, I know better, but I actually made the bag and then checked to see what size my bag frame really was.  Too big.  Of course.  Oh well, a little tweaking and I think it will work out just fine.

I have been following Sara Lawson's Sew Sweetness blog Purse Palooza and one of her daily questions for a give away inspired me to dig this hardware out and give a tapestry bag a shot.  Check out her blog all you bag/sewing enthusiasts!  Much inspiration to be had over there!

Have a fabulous week everyone!