Saturday, March 27, 2010

A Wallet Purse by Favorite Things




This purse was fun to make! Once you cut it out it goes together very quickly. I only needed a little bit of fabric and fusible fleece. The class is next month, so I cut out fabric for a second one for show and tell in different stages. I'm planning on taking this purse to Houston this fall. It will work wonderfully at the quilt show. I'll be able to carry more purchases without having to lug my purse around! Watch out VISA, here I come! I'm so excited. My mother and I booked a hotel room with a skywalk to the convention center. We have never been to the International Quilt Show and can't wait to go. I'm sure we'll overbook classes and try to power through the vendors but the best will be the actual quilts on display. The closest I've come to them, is the magazines and I'm sure it will be a wonderful experience. I enjoy the local quilt shows and have a hard time keeping them straight! I need to get back to my quilt on the dining room wall so we can have Easter dinner in there!
Keep Stitching!

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Sewing Machine Cut-Out




Here's my sewing table! It's great for piecing and quilting. None of the fabric hangs over and the insert pops out to change your bobbin or to use the free arm on the machine. If you're interested in making your own, I drew a template of my machine with the acrylic table from Nancy's Notions and my husband and I taped the template to the table and cut out the top of the table. Just make sure that you have avoided all the hardware for the legs below. If you have a different style table you can move the template more to the left, which would have been ideal, but this is the table I had. I measured the legs on the acrylic table and that's how we determined the depth of the board that holds the machine. It's flat with the table top and is wonderful to use. The velcro on the front of the table holds a couple of pockets for scissors and a seam ripper so that I always have them handy. I think the whole project cost $15 plus the table.

Friday, March 19, 2010

My Purse is in Haute Handbags!


I am so excited! I went to the mailbox and found my copy of Haute Handbags, Spring 2010, with my purse in it! In the gallery section, it's called Paris in the Rain on page 130. This pic is the back of the purse. It's really cool to have it published. That purse idea came out of left field for me and I'm hoping to continue coming up with art that incorporates objects that I have around the house. I don't think I'm done with the hotel key cards yet!