Companion Carpet Bag in Paris Fabric

I made this Companion Carpet Bag in a home dec Paris print fabric. The pattern is from Sewing with Mrs. H. This is the small sized bag, which is a really nice size and quite roomy inside. The pattern also includes a large size bag as well.

I have made several of these Carpet bags over the years and still love this pattern. When I cut this Paris fabric, I fussy cut the pocket so it matched the rest of the print exactly. When it came time to add some handles, I realized that whatever kind of handles I were to add would cover up the face of the woman on both the front and the back of the bag, since the back is exactly the same, except no pocket on the back. So I looked around in my box of assorted made handles and found these wooden handles, which would work well. I just had to add strap tabs and sew them at the top in the seam so it wouldn't cover up any of the fabric print.

The bottom of the bag I added purse feet and a stabilizer to keep the bottom shape.

The back is the same as the front, except no pocket here.

This bag opens nice and wide. I added a zippered pocket and a slip pocket inside.

Now you can see the bag with the handles up.

This is in my Etsy Shop for sale.
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Cloth Mask

My husband asked me to make him a mask since he is the one going out and buying groceries during this whole COVID-19 thing going on. I used a batik batik for the exterior and flannel for the lining. I added shoe laces for the ties and then put a couple of cord stops on the shoe laces to be able to tighten the mask and so it won't loosen as it is worn. I came up with the cord stop idea myself. Elastic breaks down so quickly and the elastic I had on hand that has been unused, but sitting in a drawer for years, is less stretchy now than when new. In fact, a lot of my elastic seemed to lose it's stretch, so I had to toss it out.

Here is the mask, being modeled by my Golden Retriever puppy. The puppy is very life like, even though she is made of concrete. Darn, I should have taken a photo of her before the mask went on. 

Side view.

The cord stops can be tightened on top and bottom.

Not sure how much protection hubby will have wearing this, but it's better than nothing, that is if he bothers to wear it at all. I think this mask will come in handy when he is doing stuff like sanding wood where there is a lot of dust in the air, so I hope he at least keeps it for that, especially since it can be washed and dried for many uses.

I think the cord stops might not be a good idea for healthcare workers if they cannot be sterilized, but for personal use they are great!
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Harry Hound & Miss Kitty & Think Green

It's my day to share for the QQQ (or the Quilt Qwasy Queens) to help make you laugh or at least smile! With all this virus stuff and closures going on we need to connect with others (and virtually online is the safest way). Thanks to the Queen of making us laugh all the time, Joan of Moosestash Quilting for hosting this fun-fun-fun blog hop.

My projects aren't fall-on-the-floor hilarious by any means, but I know I cannot help but at least smile when I look at them and I hope you will too.

First up are Harry Hound & Miss Kitty. I made these two cuties and they were so much fun! I love how they are so patchwork looking and a great scrap busting project too. The pattern is from Red Boot Quilt Company. They have an Etsy Shop and also sell on Makerist.

When I made these it had snowed, so I wanted to grab a few snow shots.

The tail was supposed to made using a cording and sewn into the "tail spot". but I just made my tail using fabric and sewed it on through a cute button. I think Miss Kitty looks cute with this tail. I also added her collar using Kam snaps instead of just sewing it on. I did sew Harry's on, but I thought adding the Kam snap closure was better in case the collar should need to come off.

Next just in time for a belated Saint Patrick's Day, is my small Think Green quilt. This is an Amy Bradley design. I added the shamrocks along the bottom instead of making it into a shamrock necklace. Amy designs the cutest quilts and so whimsical.

Did any of my creations make you laugh or at least smile? I sure hope so, but if not please visit the other bloggers on this hop to see what funny rib-tickling projects they might be sharing with you. I know I am looking forward to seeing what these ladies have created.

Wednesday March 18

Life in the Scrapatch
The Darling Dogwood

Words & Stitches

Websterquilt
Bejeweled Quilts by Barb
Creatin' in the Sticks
Podunk Pretties

Thursday March 19

Just Let Me Quilt

BeaQuilter

Patchouli Moon Studio (you are here)
Selina Quilts
Phoebe Moon Designs
Den syende himmel
Karen's Korner

Friday March 20

If These Threads Could Talk

Kathleen McMusing

Samelia's Mum
Seams To Be Sew

Quilt Fabrication
Ms P Designs USA

Monday March 23

One Quilting Circle
Quilt Schmilt

Devoted Quilter

Tuning My Heart Quilts
Home Sewn By Us

Farm Quilter

Tuesday March 24

Songbird Designs
Bumbleberry Stitches
Quilting Gail
Just Because Quilts
Patchwork Breeze
MooseStashQuilting

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QQQ Blog Hop Coming Soon

The QQQ Blog hop starts on Wednesday. What is the QQQ you ask? Well, it is short for Quilt Qwazy Queens and hosted by the Queen of Fun herself, Joan of Moosestash Quilting. The fun all starts on Wednesday March 18. Come along and hop from blog to blog listed under each date for 5 full days of hopping, laughing, smiling and giggling. I am looking forward to seeing what the bloggers on this list have sewn up for us.

Here is the schedule:

Wednesday March 18

Life in the Scrapatch
The Darling Dogwood

Words & Stitches

Websterquilt
Bejeweled Quilts by Barb
Creatin' in the Sticks
Podunk Pretties

Thursday March 19

Just Let Me Quilt

BeaQuilter

Patchouli Moon Studio (you are here)
Selina Quilts
Phoebe Moon Designs
Den syende himmel
Karen's Korner

Friday March 20

If These Threads Could Talk

Kathleen McMusing

Samelia's Mum
Seams To Be Sew

Quilt Fabrication
Ms P Designs USA

Monday March 23

One Quilting Circle
Quilt Schmilt

Devoted Quilter

Tuning My Heart Quilts
Home Sewn By Us

Farm Quilter

Tuesday March 24

Songbird Designs
Bumbleberry Stitches
Quilting Gail
Just Because Quilts
Patchwork Breeze
MooseStashQuilting

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Twister Tote

I made this Twister Tote last month. The pattern is from Around the Bobbin. It is a fun bag to make and I love the Twister look as it's fun and playful. This is a good size bag too. It measures 15" H x 15" W x 6" D.

Lisa's instructions are excellent. If you don't have the Twister ruler or don't want to make the Twister section on the bag, Lisa shows you how to make it with just fabric instead; like using a fun novelty fabric would look great. The pattern is available in pdf or paper form. Your local quilt shop may sell Around the Bobbin patterns too, so have a look next time you are there.

And as usual I made some changes to the bag. First, I chose to use batik and hand dyed fabric instead of solid fabrics. Then I added purse feet to the bag, riveted my handles to the outside of the bag and folded over the center of the handles to form a tube-like handle for easier grabbing. Inside the bag I added a zippered pocket and a shorter slip pocket on one side and the larger pocket on the other side. I added Kam snaps to keep the slip pockets closed, since they have a wider opening.

Back of bag.

Inside is a large slip pocket on one side and a zippered pocket with a shorter slip pocket across from it. Bag closes with a magnetic snap.

I added these 2 pockets, the zippered and slip pocket with a divided pen pocket.

On this slip pocket I added a pen pocket on the left, but the remaining pocket was too small to divide it again and a bit too large as is, so that's why I added a Kam snap to keep the pocket closed when not in use or when small items are inside. If something fits that is large and sticks out the top of the pocket, that's okay.

This pocket was part of the pattern and you were supposed to make 2 pf them, but I made one and the other pockets above instead. I didn't want to divide this pocket in half as then the 2 sides would be too narrow and not as useful, so I added the Kam snap here too to keep it closed.

I added a heavy interfacing to the bottom of the bag and then added purse feet to help keep the bottom clean. 

Lisa has another Twister bag called Simply Charming Twister Tote and I hope to make that one sometime in the next few months. It's really cute too. It is a little smaller than this one. These Twister totes are so much fun to make the Twister part and so useful to turn them into a bag. It satisfies both my patchwork-quilting and bag making creativity.
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Carry it All Tote

I tested this Carry it All Tote recently. It was designed by Daywalker Customs. There are a lot of options you can add to this tote or not, so you can really make this bag your own.

To see a variety of looks and options, check out the tester bags here.

I chose a Paris canvas style print fabric and I really love how this tote turned out.

One of the options was to add an accent bottom fabric and side bottom gusset fabric, which I did because I didn't want the lighter print to get dirty.

On the back of the bag you could add a cell phone pocket or a large pocket. I decided to choose the large pocket and instead of dividing the pocket in half, I added a Kam snap and left it a large pocket that snaps closed. I placed a folder and a theme notebook in the pocket and it fit nicely.

Here is Kam snap closer.

It opens nicely and is easy to snap and unsnap.

The slip pocket inside I divided and added a pen pocket and then divided the remaining pocket in half.

On this side is a zippered pocket and I added the cell phone pocket below the zipper. As you can see this bag closes with 2 magnetic snaps, which allow this bag to open up nice and wide, yet snap closed to be secure.

I like to fold my handles in half and sew again for a few inches to create a sort of tube effect that makes it easier to grab the handles and it feels nice in the hand too.

Some of the other options were to add a chevron just above the accent bottom fabric, or to not add the accent bottom and just the chevron. I was going to add a chevron in the solid dark pink, but it just looked too busy on my bag.
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