Baby Glam Bag

My new bag...made for a friend having her first baby.  It's big enough to hold most baby needs and the handle is long enough to wear across the body, oh and it's is fully washable. 

 


  

Outside pocket view



Inside pocket view



Button closure detail

My friend loves her new bag, in a few weeks she takes delivery of her first baby - how exciting !

Summer of Love Tote Bag

Yes, it's new!  I worked on a new design all weekend and am very satisfied with the results.  An elongated bag with plenty of room.  It has 2 outside pockets and structured sides to give added strength and stability.  My daughter has given it the thumbs up so it has come out to critical acclaim!

I call it Summer of Love because it reminds me of the 60s.

And now to the assembly line and features:

Construction of the 2 pockets

Pockets on..making the straps

Straps and pockets attached

Sides - construction

Side View

I intend to make this up in some other gorgeous fabrics - I'll keep you posted.

New pouch in stripes

New sugarloaf pouch - in Amy Butler oilcloth.

Pandora's (sewing) box

Isn't this divine?  My son Andrew scoured the vintage shops to come up with this beauty, a really thoughtful Christmas present for a sewer, I might add.  Here it is all closed up but with a promise of things to come, a Pandora's box if you will, only with beautiful things inside.

It looks definitely art deco, I'd say, and sooooo practical with it's clever design and easy-to-get-to compartments.  It is perfect for all my sewing threads and now they are mostly colour coordinated (did I hear the word "obsessive"?)  I will try and keep them that way, at least for a while.
Here it is in all its glory..

Opened up half way

Fully opened up - lots of room!



Oh, and here it is as a prop for my first new purse for 2012, a little make up bag using oilcloth fabric from Amy Butler.  Hope you like..

  I love Christmas presents!  Thanks Andy