Evelyn Bag

I made this bag called Evelyn, which is a Chris W. Design bag. I have an Aunt Evelyn too, lol. I like this bag a lot because it's not too big and not too small and it's just about the right size for me. Maybe Christine should have called it the Goldilocks bag instead? Lol. I used a blue batik and lined it in a pale blue print.

Blue mottled batiks fabric is what I used for the exterior.

Back of the bag with a zipper.

I made 2 of the same pockets inside. In the directions on one pocket there is a zippered pocket on top of another slip-in pocket, but I liked the longer slip-in pockets better and I divided them into the sizes I like. Everything fits nicely inside this bag.

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Tip Of the Morning Tuesday~Bobbin Holders

At my applique group one month, my friend Bobbie, showed us all a tip for storing our bobbins so that the thread stays put. She said she saw this tip online somewhere, so maybe you have already seen this before and maybe you haven't, but I thought it was a  great idea.

This is a foam toe separator for using when you paint your toenails. This one is just a single separator, but you can usually find them all attached in a group of four like the photo below. This makes a great bobbin holder to keep your thread from getting all tangled up. The bobbin fits perfectly in the space.

This is the type of toe separators that come with 4 linked together. You can use these as well to put your bobbins in and because they come in various colors you can color coordinate the foam to your bobbin colors too if you want to. You can find these at variety stores, beauty supply stores and dollar stores.

I have seen people use those clear tubes where they slice off a piece to wrap around the bobbins too. While the clear tubes work well too, I like the look and feel of using these foam toe separators even better. If you sew at classes or retreats, these make it easy to transport with you too.

Another tip: If you want to keep your bobbin and spool of thread together, take a pipe cleaner (also called chenille stems) and stick the pipe cleaner into the hole of the spool of thread and then into the hole of the bobbin and twist them together. That way you always have your bobbin and thread together.
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Quilted Girl

I bought a printed fabric from Carrie Payne of one of her quilt designs that she had turned into fabric. I added borders and quilted it. I just love her!

I added a narrow inner red border and a turquoise stripe outer border to the piece.

I quilted swirls on her dress.

Then I made my own version.  I made a larger patchwork background and a striped border, but no inner border.

I echo quilted it.

I like Carrie's girl better than mine, but I did enjoy making her.

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My Groovin' '60's Quilt is Featured at Threading My Way

Pam from Threading My Way has featured my Groovin' 60's Quilt on her blog. Thank you Pam that's sooooo cool!!! Check out the other items featured on her blog too.





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Morning Glory Flowers and Leaves

These Morning Glory flowers are growing in our neighbor's yard and spilling over the wall into our yard. I was looking at them one morning and saw that the leaf was a perfect heart shape.

Isn't this the perfect heart shape?

Beautiful pink Morning Glory.

This one reminds me of a Dresden Plate quilt block.

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Kumihimo Necklaces

I made a couple of Kumihimo necklaces recently. I also had these pretty glass pieces (I don't know what they are called) and I added some wire around them so I could put them on the necklaces.  

Pretty glass that I added wire to hang on the necklace.

The necklace on the left was made with ribbon. The necklace on the right I used a variegated green chenille yarn. It's really soft.

Glass pendant I made for the necklace.

Close-up of the ribbon braided.

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On the Rio Grande Bag

My friend Tara gave me a yard of fabric a couple of years ago for my birthday called, "On the Rio Grande". She got it from a quilt shop in Taos, New Mexico. I wasn't sure if I wanted to make a quilt using this fabric, or how I would use the fabric, so it sat for 2 years. Then I checked out a book from the library recently called Best of Stitch: Bags to Sew.  I saw a bag in this book called the Dahlia Bag, and I knew that this fabric would look great made into that bag. So that's just what I did.

This fabric from Free Spirit is called On the Rio Grande. 

The fabric depicts scenes along the Rio Grande. I love the bright colors of this fabric.

Even skinny dippers! Lol.

Oh there they are again on the side pocket.

This pocket shows some pueblos.

Some smooching along the Rio Grande too, lol!

The orange fabric was a fat quarter I won online and it was perfect for the side, bottom and straps.

I had some turquoise polka dot fabric that I used for the lining.

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