Sewing Accessories at Home and On the Go Blog Hop!!

Announcing the Sewing Accessories at Home and On the Go Blog Hop!

 

 

Starting on July 1st, every Monday through August 5th we are having a blog hop to share projects from our new book! Here is a schedule and list of awesome people involved!

July 1^st-Jamie and Jill        www.jamiemueller.blogspot.com & www.constantlyquilting.blogspot.com

July 8^th- Steffani                www.sewwithsass.blogspot.com

July 15^th-Janice                  www.betteroffthread.com

July 22^nd-Jamie                  www.jamespurejoy.blogspot.com

July 29^th-Diane                   www.fromblankpages.blogspot.com

August 5^th-Jamie and Jill   www.jamiemueller.blogspot.com & www.constantlyquilting.blogspot.com

Each awesome blogger will share a project from the book that they made AND they will be giving away a copy of the book!   Plus, Mom and I will be sharing ALL of the projects from the book throughout each week giving away lots of fun stuff sponsored by Moda and Dear Stella!

Thank you to everyone who has already purchased a book and if you would like to purchase a copy you can do so on Amazon, Barnes and Noble or of course Our Website!

 

If you make a project from the book, please share a photo in our Flickr Group or if you Instagram #SABlogHop because we'd LOVE to see it!!!

 

Thank you to the awesome bloggers and sponsors for participating in our blog hop and make sure ya'll come back Monday July 1st for the first post!!



Amy Butler Weekender Bag & a Coupon!!

My friend Angela Walters debuted her first fabric line called Textures with Art Gallery Fabrics back at Fall Market 2012. About a month ago she asked if I could make her a bag with her fabrics so she could carry it around at Spring Market. I said sure and she sent me some of her fabrics.

Before I show you the bag, let me just say that I love this fabric line! The fabrics were so much fun to work with and they are so pretty! You can check back to my post about an entire quilt I made using them HERE.

Ok, now for the bag! I made Amy Butler's Weekender Bag and I'm totally in love with it! It was really hard for me to send it to her, I wanted to keep it so bad!  I might just have to make myself another one using her fabrics!

I added some teal topstitching to add a little extra! Hope you enjoy your bag Angela!

 

Also, the nice people at Fairfield wanted to share this coupon with everyone who stopped by the Mirror Ball Blog Hop! I just received it last night and wanted to share it with ya'll!

 



Cathedral Windows Tote Bag Tutorial

Cathedral Windows Tote Bag Tutorial

Supplies;

1 yd outer fabric

½ yd lining fabric
1 FQ solid fabric (for windows and border)
½ yd fusible fleece
1 yd woven fusible interfacing

Directions:
Cut from following:

Lining fabric
1- 18” X 31.5” piece

Outer fabric
4- 8” squares
1- 2.5” X 9” piece
1- 7.5” X 9” piece
1- 5” X 18” piece
1- 18” X 18.5” piece
2- 5” X 36” pieces (Straps)

Solid FQ
8- 2” squares (for windows)
2- 1”X 8” strips
2- 1” X 9” strips

Fusible Fleece
1- 18” X 31.5” piece

Woven Fusible Interfacing
2- 5” X 36” pieces

Assembling Outside of the Bag:
1. Follow the Cathedral Windows Basics Tutorial HERE using the size requirements listed below:
8” solid squares (I used the same printed fabric as the outer fabric of bag)
2” window squares (I used solids for these)

2.  Once your CW piece is made, we want to box it in with borders so it stands out on our bag.  Take the two solid 1” X 8” strips and sew one to the top and one to the bottom of the CW piece.  Repeat with the 1” X 9” strips to each side of CW piece.

3.  From the outer fabric, take 7.5” X 9” piece and sew to the top of CW piece. Then, sew the 2.5” X 9” piece to the bottom of CW piece.

4. Next, sew 5” X 18” piece to the left of CW piece and then sew 18” X 18.5” piece on the right side of CW piece. The outside of your bag is finished.

5.  Take the 18” X 31.5” fusible fleece piece and iron on to the wrong side of the outside bag piece.

 
Straps:
1. Iron on the woven fusible interfacing pieces on the wrong side of each strap piece.

2. Fold one strap piece in half lengthwise to get a crease in the center. Open and fold each long side to center crease and then fold in half lengthwise.  Topstitch to secure strap.  Repeat with second strap.

Pinning Straps:

1. Take your outside bag piece and lay flat.  On the top side measures 5” over from left and mark it.  Then, measure 12” over from the left and mark it.  Pin one strap at those two marks, making sure your strap does not get twisted.  (I like to have my two topstitching marks on my straps facing towards the center of the two marks. Repeat with the right side of bag.  Baste straps in place using a ¼” seam allowance.

Assembling Bag:

1. With right sides together match one of the 31 1/2” sides of the lining and outside pieces. Sew using a ½” seam allowance. Press seam toward lining.

2. Fold lengthwise in half as shown. Pin all 3 sides. Using a ½” seam allowance, sew all 3 sides leaving a 2”-3” opening in the lining for turning.

3. Trim corners being careful not to cut through stitching. Turn right side out through opening in lining and push out corners.

4. Stitch the lining opening closed. Push the lining into the quilted section of bag.


5. Press the top edge of bag and topstitch ⅛”and ¼” from the top edge of bag.

Your Cathedral Windows Tote Bag is finished!! Enjoy! Don’t forget to add your photos to the Flickr Group for a chance to win awesome prizes or Link up below!

STLMQG Pouch Swap

Tomorrow is my STLMQG meeting and I am participating in a secret pouch swap! Everyone that wanted to participate put their name and info into a pouch and we all drew names for our secret partners!  How fun?!? Here is what I came up with...I hope my partner likes it!

I did a little smocking in the main fabric and totally fell in love with it!  I wouldn't go smocking an entire shirt or dress or anything, but this little pouch was fun!  It was relaxing to do some hand work, I wish I had more time to do so! The top fabric is Amy Butler Soul Blossoms and the bottom is a Moda fabric (can't remember what line).  I just came up with the pouch shape myself, I free handed the shape and was please with how it turned out!

Close up of smocking

Inside peek

Close up of the zipper!

If you're in the St. Louis area, come by our meeting tomorrow!  Our meetings are aweomse and inspiring and I guarantee you'll have a good time! Meeting info is HERE.

Quilt Market

This is a little late....but better late than never!!  Here are some photos from Houston Quilt Market!  I'm going to do two posts so there won't be like 30 photos all on one post!

First off here are some photos from Amy Butler's Booth!

Amy Butler and my pregnant self!  All that walking around all day made me feel SUPER pregnant!

Lark fabrics

Those pillows are awesome (Honey Bun Poufs) and gorgeous bags!

Her new line Lark, to me, has a very beachy vibe to it! 

Next up, Anna Maria Horner's Booth!

Anna Maria and I!  Her due date with her first child is my exact due date, how crazy is that?!

Pretty embroidery

This quilt was awesome, it's hard to tell in the photo but all of the yellow are different folds (this photo is for you Jess!)

Her AWESOME couch....I want this at my house please!

I can't remember what booth this elephant was in, but he sure is cute!

Some fun pincushions!!

On to post two.....with pretty quilts!

Pretty Little Pouch Swap

Now that my partner has received her pouch I can finally post about the Pretty Little Pouch Swap!  This was a new swap and was super fun!!  We were each given a secret partner and had to make them a pouch!  We answered questions and likes and dislikes and this swap was a blast!  Here is a link to the Flickr Group so ya'll can sign up for the next round!!

First, this is what I made for my partner!  I hope she likes it!  I owed her from a previous fabric swap so I ended up making her two pouches!!  She said she wanted a coin purse so I sent her this!   It's an Amy Butler Stash and Dash Bag made with OOP Amy Butler Fabrics

Then since I owed her from a previous fabric swap we did I made her this red and aqua pouch! It's larger than a coin purse so she could use it for a sewing kit bag or something!! Tutorial can be found here.

Second, this is what I received from Becky over at My Fabric Obsession....definitely check out her awesome blog!!  She made me TWO AWESOME pouches made with Joel Dewberry yummy fabrics.  Thank you SOO much Becky, I absolutely love them and have already been using them!! You're awesome!

I highly recommend signing up when they have the next round of the Pretty Little Pouch Swap!! 

Stash & Dash Bag Class #2

The second Stash and Dash Bag class was with Debby, Victoria and Laurel.  My dad was there to take action shots of us during the entire class!  Plus, I promised Victoria that I would put lots of photos up! Again, we used the AWESOME NEW Sewing Lounge at the shop!! LOVE IT!

Debby

Victoria!  May I just say that she is 13 and totally rocking with sewing! 

Laurel

This is my younger sister Laurel, who if I may brag for a moment...just got accepted to nursing school for the fall!! So proud of you!

Our finished Stash and Dash bags...I made mine for my mom for Mother's Day!! I had so much fun with ya'll!!  See ya next time when I come to Houston!!