Tag Archives: Purse

Diana Hobo – Free Pattern

Gosh, wouldn’t it be great if I could do a ‘free pattern Friday’ every Friday? So Anna Maria Horner just released a new purse pattern that reminds me a lot of my new free pattern just without straps! I thought I’d show it to y’all because it seems easy enough to make a few small [...]

A Crafty Day Off – Part 2

I’m afraid this post may not be as exciting as the last one. At least, I’m not as excited about it as my last one. Sadly, my second day of crafting was not quite as productive as I would have hoped. Mainly because of the failed attempt at another pattern I created on my own. [...]

A Crafty Day Off – Part 1

Mom, if you’re reading this, you should stop now, unless you want the surprise of your Christmas gift to be ruined. . . Come back after Christmas!

Reversible Purse

I made this little purse for a friend of mine, whose birthday is today. (Happy Birthday Kristin! This bag is for you!) For this cute little bag, I used Martha Stewart’s free Reversible Purse Pattern. I love that the bag is reversible – if I make another, I may embroider something on the solid fabric [...]

The second of many. (And the AJ clutch is born)

This is the second clutch that I’ve made of my own design. The first was alright but needed some help. I decided to draft up my own pattern and see how it would turn out. I was trying another simple clutch. I’m calling this on the AJ Clutch (mainly because she had this fabric all [...]

Red and Aqua Amy Butler Clutch

I know, everyone is probably tired of all of my recipe postings. . . I’ve just been cooking so much and they’ve all been so good that I want to share! So to try to break up the monotony I will post about my win against my sewing machine last night! I took my sewing [...]

The first of many.

So, with sewing, I really would like to get to the point where I’m sewing my own designs. It’s much more fulfilling to know that you have designed what you’re sewing (in my opinion). Not to mention that if I ever choose to sell my creations, I will not be contending with copyright laws. So [...]