Wow! Another Great Sewing Day

Had some extra time today, so I got stuck in and got 3 more bags done.

There are two mini hobos with long handle and twin pockets and S's second bag - a tote with two twin pockets inside, there is also a close up of the material as its really nice, but hard to see in the full pic

My daughter came around today and matched up some materials that would suit the younger generation, so I am looking forward to getting to them soon.

Pepparkaka

Nothing to do with bags at all, but we had our annual pepparkaka (gingerbread) bake day on Saturday. We make enough for all the family so finished up with about 400! There were five and half of us, me and my grown kids, my sister and her two younger kids and one of their friends, her youngest is the half  :) she just ate lots of dough and watched movies. We so look forward to the day, but by the time its over we don't want to see any more pepparkaka dough for another 12 months, but a great day had by all.

Here is a sample of some of the cutters my daughter bought for this year, now I just need to post some to my mum and other sister.

A Productive Friday

Finally got back into the swing of things :)

I spent Thursday afternoon cutting out, and S came around on Friday and ironed on all the interfacing, made up the handles and got the pockets ready. So I have about 8 waiting to be sewn now.

We got two completed, a spotty hobo for S with purple lining (not sure why the purple is not showing up in the photo) its a lovely contrast, with two double pockets inside, and a blue and white tote with one double pocket inside

My sister SophiArtWork is going down to the Denmark markets in January, so we want to get up a bit of stock, as she offered to take some with her. Thank You!!!!!

Finally - Flea Market Bags

Finally got around to some sewing - not the perfect day for sewing and ironing though, 35C!!!
But I managed to get two done of the six I cut out yesterday.
We went to around the recycled shops yesterday and got an array of materials.

The first is pink and black with a light pink lining, then green striped with a darker green lining, both have a double pocket inside and a single on the outside.

    

 

New Shelving

Still no sewing projects, but I did get my hands on two second hand Ikea shelves, so have spent the weekend setting up those. I didn't have much shelving before, and with all the materials we have acquired, I needed to be a bit more organised, I'm a bit of an organisational nut - a place for everything and everything in its place. So I am much happier now :)

The first pic is of the transition - piled everything in the middle and took out the old shelves.... the shelves came this morning, so have organised one of the shelves, and sewed up some netting curtains to hopefully keep the dust out, the other will have to wait to another day.

 

Another Week of Nothing

Can't believe its another week gone by with no new bags!
I have had a tooth infrection all week, so of to the dentist today to have it pulled :(
Such a shame work interferes with hobbies.

We did manage to meet up quickly today though to discuss what will be done next, and we will be doing smaller handbags next week.

Sharlene also wants to be selfish so she is going hunting for material today to make her Tote and Hobo bags, I'm looking forward to seeing the material.

For Me

I wanted to get back into the sewing, but decided to be totally selfish, and make a set for myself. I really like the Tote and Hobo bags, they are great for everyday use, so I made one of each, and since burgundy is my fav colour... with a black and white flower pattern lining, and lots of big pockets. The tote and the hobo has four large pockets inside and one outside on the tote,

Busy couple of weeks and no bags!

What a busy couple of weeks we have had.
Last week we went down south for a few days, which of course was during our sewing days :)
This week S is moving house, so another non productive week.
Hopefully next week will be back on track again.

Label Making

I found this great tutorial on printing your own labels at: If I Only Had Chocolate so after trialing a few different materials, and jamming the printer! ... oops... I finally found a suitable one and here is the result. Now I must be off to bed, I couldn't stop till I had it mastered, should never had started so late, its 1am and I have to get up for work at 5!!!

Fridays Bags

I have finally managed to get some time to upload the photos of the bags I made on Friday :)
The first one is a blue diamond pattern Hobo Bag with a dark blue lining with two twin pockets on the inside and then the red with pink and red with black Tote bags with one pocket on the outside, and one twin on the inside.