Karen’s Opinion

Working Frantically

I am constantly at my sewing table these past few days because my daughter is bringing guests from Michigan when she arrives tonight. My daughter’s friend has a five year old who will also be our guest. That means having a busy little girl in our home. She has been here before and is such a well behaved young lady. Still, it is best not to have valuable projects laying around. Especially ones that entail the use of scissors, pins and needles. Here is a purse I finished recently.

Now, I am cutting fabric to put a binding on a recently finished quilt.

Tags: handmade, purses, quilts
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Featured at Etsy

One of my purses, fern green batik, 2nd row 1st picture, has been featured in an Etsy Treasury called !!!Outstanding!

My thanks go out to etsy seller, Donna at Valentinefiberarts for featuring my fern green batik slouchy bag in her treasury. Thanks so much Donna.

Just look at the awesome things at her Etsy site. Here is just one of her handmade items.

Glass Slipper

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Having Fun, Making Purses

My eyes are buggy from sewing all weekend! I finally remembered to keep track of my time and discovered that it takes me 5 to 6 hours to make one purse. I’m slow but I like to take my time and do a good job.

I made this bag from a fabric from Moda called Peace on Earth. You would think it would be a Christmas fabric but it is not.

See all the pockets inside!

I made this purse from a striped fabric. I tried something new and made the outside pocket in a curved shape.

You can purchase these bags from my Etsy site as soon as I upload them.

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Sunday Sewing

I have not had time to blog today because I made this!

You can check out my other purses and quilts at Winding Threads.

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Projects

I was spurred on to get my flowers planted because a friend has all hers in the ground and they look so pretty. I ran to the hardware this morning and bought begonias and geraniums. By the time I got home it was raining cats and dogs. I planted in the rain. Now that I am a drowned rat, I have to get cleaned up and move on to my next project. I intend to sew this afternoon.

I made a bag with blue batik fabric and I love it so much that I am going to make 3 more. I have enough fabric to make three but I need to find more handles for each of them. Check out my sewing blog at Winding Threads to see what other things I have made.

Tags: fabric, plants, purses
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