Monday, March 16, 2009

Pleated Beauty Bags








































This sewing get-together was so fun! And all of us made a bag to take home. We used the pattern from Bend-The-Rules Sewing by Amy Karol. All of our members are so creative with their appliques, embroidery, fabric choices , interfacing knowledge etc that they chose for this bag. I need to make another one because I thought I would give the one I made to my sister but have decided to keep it because I love how it turned out. All of the ladies loved their bags too. Our next project will be a charging basket. Members need to go to the website and download and print a copy of the pattern and bring it to the next meeting with the fabric requirements precut.




I apologize for the poor photos (I love to sew) and have learned nothing about taking photos. Some of the girls were not at the meeting because they were celebrating a birthday. Can't imagine why they didn't want to celebrate by sewing! Happy Birthday JODI!! We are taking next week off for Spring Break but will see everyone in 2 weeks.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Wallets!

We made wallets. You should come. We meet on every monday. There are about 8 -12 ladies that come and we get alot of sewing done. Next week we will be making the "Pleated Beauty" from Amy Karol's book "Bend the Rules Sewing". Leave me a message if you want to be added to my weekly email to attend the meetings.
Thanks to Dani for demo-ing the wallets, taking pictures and helping some of the other members.
And thanks to all of you who do attend. We are making some great friendships.

JOEY




















Tuesday, March 3, 2009

SAMs Meeting 3/2 - Lunchboxes












In two hours! Yes, in two hours. I told the ladies that they could quilt their main piece and finish their lunchbox and they did. We used the tutorial from Oh Fransson. She is amazing. We are also going to be doing her charging basket at the end of the month.