...i heart fabric...

Fresh new Mini messenger bag...

done! Ordered by a new customer, these were the great fabrics that she chose:

The big piece in the back was a rubberized vintage curtain I bought at the Goodwill by-the-pound outlet store and the two brightly colored fabrics were just used on an orange bridesmaid clutch bag (for her friends wedding), shown in an earlier post.

Here is the great finished bag:

It is so fun...

to find an old camera that you have no idea what pictures are on it! I had a disposable one that hung out in my car for a couple of years and in my bag last summer. I finally got around to having it developed today. I didn't realize that they expire! Mine, apparently, had expired in January of 2005, but I managed to get some great pictures out of it from last summer. None survived from the previous years, but who knows what could have been on those...yeesh! Here are a few from our trip to Wild Waves, a water fun park that snugs up next to the Fun Forest ( small amusement park I used to go to as a kid). It is very expensive to get in, but luckily they give you a discount if you bring in participating diet coke cans, of which my parents had enough to furnish all of us with!

Below are some great pictures I'm in love with of my family at a Los Lobos outdoor concert. It was at the zoo, so mostly lots of little kids. My sister and I were among only a handful of folks in the beer garden, can you believe that? My parents kept making jokes about how they brought their kids... pretty cute :)

Vintage Apron Patterns on Ebay...

I have listed these 4 cute vintage apron patterns on ebay today starting at 99cents...

 

 

You can find these and other vintage patterns at my ebay store & auctions here: http://stores.ebay.com/Fabulous-Fabric-Finds_Patterns_W0QQfsubZ9

Bridesmaids Clutchbags...

Finished! One of my lovely clients is getting married and for her bridesmaids she has ordered 3 clutch bags from me. Her colors for the wedding are Choc Brown, Apple Red & Citris Orange. These are the fabrics that she had chosen (and my toes :):

Here are the cute bags done:

They can be used as make-up bags or clutch bags and have handy wrist handles attached to the zippers. I can't wait to see pictures of the bridesmaids with their lovely bags!

Edmonds is Cute!

Ok, can anyone tell me how to do the "blog this" from flickr to your blog without the picture coming in small and in a weird position?

Well, here is a picture of Jason in Edmonds. It's a cute little town just north of Seattle, right on the water. We went up north to go to the Antique Mall on 99 and since neither of us has been to Edmonds, we decided to take a little look-see. It was really cute! They were having a festival and it seemed that every shop was having a sale. We didn't get much except for tired walking around all day looking at things (especially after having some strong $3 cape cods at the local cantina). I recommend it as a fun day out, lots of antique malls and cute little shops and eateries.

I snuck a picture of these guys at an antique mall, some fun vintage christmas:

Blow out sale...

I have decided to have a blow-out sale on my ebay store product that has been sitting around for a while. Most fabrics are starting at 99cents, some are starting at $4.95. I need to get rid of a lot of this so if interested please visit my ebay shop listings: Fabulous-Fabric-Finds

Here are some pictures of cute fabrics that are available...

Pillow Talk...

It has been all about pillows this summer! I have just finished another batch of pillows ready to deliver to Presence on Capitol Hill. She sells them as fast as I can make em, which is fab! I just keep running out of pillow forms. I bought 6 new down Pottery Barn pillow forms from an estate sale last week for $3 each! I usually like the poly-fill forms, they are firmer and fill the cases out better. These are a bit too squishy...

   

 

Can you believe this is what my workroom looks like at the moment (embarrassing)! Yes, that is a loom in the far left corner, it works really well as a shelf :P I bought it from the Goodwill months ago, bought a load of vintage weaving books and there is sits. Someday...

The room looks great when it's clean, someday... 

I have also spent some time cleaning up my blog. It took me a while to figure out what worked and I'm much happier with how it looks, much lighter. Arg, I need to update my website as well!