Thursday, June 23, 2016

A Bit of Progress

The weather suddenly turned really hot over the weekend. I was looking for a cool activity, so I spent some time sorting through some of my books and magazines.

I get a gift of money to buy something just for me, for my birthday each year. When I was a stay at home mom, I used to get myself a subscription to a sewing or quilting magazine. I saved them all. Now, in 2016, I can look up most anything I am looking for on the internet. I never created any sort of index for the magazines, so I am not sure how I ever figured I would find anything again.

Here they are, packed in a box, for paper recycling. I have barely made a dent. I will try and do more for the next paper recycling day (in two weeks).

I also filled a box with books, to send to a local book sale. Maybe some beginner sewist will enjoy them.

On Monday, I did a happy dance, after I received my order from Emmaline Bags.

I love these zippers.

The zipper pulls say "Handmade" and she wraps them in pink tissue to protect them in transit.

I also restocked my hardware,

I have big plans!

I actually got started on a summer bag, for me.

The fabric is much brighter then it looks here, but my Ott Light bulb burned out in my sewing room, and I haven't got a new one. You can see from the cutting list the shape of the new bag. Hopefully, I can get some more of it cut out, today.






6 comments:

  1. Lovely pattern, and the fabric is beautiful. Hardware, always so good to have it handy, nothing is worse that making something and finding when you need 4 of a kind, there are only 3 matching ones. I can see many more bags coming up soon.

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  2. I, too, need have lots of old paper items laying around...magazines, recipes, patterns, books. Every once in awhile I do a small purge, but it seems endless.

    I absolutely adore the purple-grey-white-black floral print. It's gorgeous. Can't wait to see the summer bag!

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  3. That's an interesting fabric! I have several years' worth of quilting magazines, and decided I might as well keep them to flip through now and then......so many other people have them here that they are a glut on the market. My heirs can worry about them when I'm gone.

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  4. Dear Kate

    Will those big plans include " Bags for friends?"

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  5. I still like to page through those old magazines. They're inspiring....except the dust makes me sneeze. :)

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  6. I have been going through my quilting magazines and setting them aside for a friend who is new to quilting. i've read them several times and am only keeping the few I plan to use.

    Those are pretty zippers with a sturdy pull for a bag.

    Thanks for linking up with Needlework Tuesday

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