New Pattern...Snazzy Striped Totes

Have you ever been stuck on something that you just can't seem to finish? 

This pattern has kind of felt like that for me.  I started this quest way back last April and had made six of them to show at Quilt Market.  But then the pattern just sat on my desk while it 'seasoned', as I like to call it, until it got down to the wire and I had to get it done for the class I'm teaching on it next week.

I'm really happy to have it done because I know a lot of you were waiting to make these super fun totes.  I really hope you enjoy making them and using them.

The pattern includes three sizes.

Happy Tote Sewing!

Show and Tell Tuesday

This has been an INCREDIBLY hard week...so I'm really excited to focus on happy things and 'show and tell' my clean sewing space.  I switched around my tables and cleaned up many piles.  I'm so happy to have a space that is more inviting and workable.  I tend to do things backwards...I moved all my desks around before cleaning them off.  My husband was grumbling about this...but, it's just how I operate.  My desks were piled high with stuff and fabric and nick-nacks...and it did make moving the desks a bear...but, why clean them off if you're just going to have to organize it again once the desks are moved?...

 Recently, I have had this need to purge all my magazines...in particular 'Quilting' magazines...I LOVE to collect them, but it's now time to let some go.  So I have begun the task of flipping thru them and picking out the projects that I would love to make or get inspiration from and tearing them out.  I then purchased a three ring binder and sheet protectors and started putting the torn out pages in the notebook.  I also was excited to have a place to put PDF patterns sheets that I had printed off my computer.   I really hadn't thought about organizing my papers in this way before...this is probably something everyone already knows about or already does...but for me it was a simple organizational thing that made me giddy!

 Yay for organization!

Happy Tuesday!