Overlapping Ombre

 

 

Here is my card for this week's MIM Challenge, Overlapping Ombre. 

Supplies:  Stamps: Friendship Jar, Friendship Jar Fillers-PTI

Dies:  Friendship Jar-PTI

Have a great week!

Party Elephant

 Hello!

It's Hambo Hoedown time again!  Whoo hoo!  :)

This week's challenge is to use a pennant or banner.

I have a bunch of  family birthday's coming up.  So, I have been trying to make birthday cards whenever possible. 

This week I used Party Elephant digital image from Hambo Stamps. 

 

Boyd St. Bowling Bag-For Sale

 

This bag is made from the Boyd St. Bowling Bag pattern from Emmaline Bags.

 It is another wonderful pattern from Emmaline Bags.  As always, the instructions include lots of pictures and are very clear. 



top of bag

 I used home decor fabric from IKEA for the outside of the bag.  The inside I used red with tiny white polka-dot cotton quilting fabric. 
For the inner bag...the part you don't see, I used fusible fleece on all pieces of the front/back, bottom and lining.



bag inside

  On the inside of the bag there is a slip pocket, sewn in half on one side.  On the other side there is a zip pocket. 


side and removable strap with swivel hooks

 The removable strap is also adjustable. 

On the bottom of the bag there are 6 purse feet.



bottom of bag

My bag measures:
15" wide at the bottom
10" tall measured in the center of the bag
5"wide on the side
the handles have an 8" drop (measured from the top of the bag to the center of the handle arc
the removable adjustable strap is approx. 56" long.

This bag is for sale!  Bag price is $99.00 plus priority flat rate shipping ($17.00)  Shipping only avail. in the United States. 
 If you have any questions comment on this post or e-mail me at purseaddict (dot) CF (at) gmail.com. 



Make it Monday #116-Flagged Borders

Hello! 

I had fun playing with scraps for this MIM. 

I used PTI's It's a Celebration Stamp Set and Bloom Builders #3 die. 

 

I'm Experimenting....

Happy Hambo Hoedown time!  I forgot how much fun it can be to make cards.  :)

This week's challenge is to use BUBBLES! 

Supplies:  Test Tubes Digital Image from Hambo Stamps,

Embossing folder-Sizzix Altercations by Tim Holtz

Starburst Punch-Martha Stewart Crafts

I actually saw the layout of the half circles on a picture of a bag on Pintrest.  I'm not able to find the original source of the picture.  Anywho, as soon as I saw this I figured I could use it for this week's Hambo Hoedown Challenge.  So, I did!  :) 

Photo from Pintrest

On a different note....speaking of bags....some of you may know that I also LOVE to make bags, aprons, wallets...etc.  Until now I've only given my creations as gifts or sold them to friends, family, neighbors and friends of friends, family and neighbors.  I also have quite a collection of bags that I've never used cluttering my craft room.  So, I've been thinking that I might try to sell via my blog and Paypal.  I know that there are sites that can advertise your items for you but, as my card says...I'm experimenting. :) I just finished a bag that I might be selling.  So, if you are interested please check back on Tues. 

 

Happy Birthday Bag!

I made this bag for my friend's birthday.  She's actually more like a sister because she's been in my life for a long time.  Let me put it this way, we have children that are the age we were when we first knew each other.    :)
Anyway, she told me the size of bag she wanted and said to use "spring/summer colors." 

Bag front with flower

So, maybe these aren't  the pastels of spring and summer, but they are still spring/summer colors, right?  I was in a BRIGHT mood when I bought the fabric.  :)  I made the bag and thought it needed something a little more.  So, I made a ruched hot pink flower. I found this tutorial on how to make ruched flower. The flower was great but it wasn't working on the bag for me...it didn't seem like the right size and style. So, I put the flower away and decided to make a hot pink bow.  (pic below)

Bag front with bow

I put the bag--with the bow--in a place where I could look at it for a few days.  Again, it just wasn't right.  So, I went back to the ruched flower and decided to add petals.  I searched for fabric that I had to match.   I found the yellow fabric.

up-close of flower
 

WOW!  That is a fun bright flower!  :) 

bag back

After finishing the bag, I thought to myself "all this yellow can get dirty quick." So, I sprayed the bag and flower with ScotchGuard. 

inside

For the inside I used grey/white POLKA-DOTS!!!
This bag is made from a Waverly pattern for Butterick (B5658).
I hope she enjoys this bag.  Happy Belated Birthday my friend!

The Prilly Bag

Front

I have several other bags that I should be making.  I even have another bag completely cut out.  For some reason, I can't get myself to sew together that bag.  I also have several other non-sewing things I need to get done.  So, why is it NOW that I feel inspired and creative?  I HAD to make this bag....it was in my head.  :)  It's been a while since I've made my own bag pattern.  I started it last night and finished it this morning.  I made this bag out of muslin because I wanted a shabby chic kind of look.  I wanted it to be pretty, a little rustic and very feminine.    I had fun playing with my sewing machine ruffle foot.
I decided to call this bag "Prilly"  as in pretty frilly.  :) 

inside

I created a paper template for the bag body.   I cut this template out of muslin and heavy weight interfacing.  I tore several 2.5 inch strips of muslin.  I measured up 3" from the bottom of the bag and marked a line.  I measured and marked 3" from that line....I kept doing this until I reached the top.  I used the ruffle foot to attach the torn strips to the front and back of the bag.  After I had finished adding the ruffles, I decided I wanted the ruffles to be fuller.  I added more rows of ruffles in between the other rows. 

The side gusset of this bag was originally the handles, but I didn't like how it looked.  I ripped the bag apart and restructured it. 

side/gusset

 

It took me a little bit to figure out how to do the handles.  I wanted something a little different...and still very feminine.  So, I played with some scrap fabric trying to figure out how to make handles.  I decided to take a strips of fabric turn each short end under 1/4" then sew strips of fabric in a tube to hide the raw edges. I turned the tube right side out, pressed and edge stitched.   I gathered the handles and sewed them to the top of the bag.   I then added the bows. 

 



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