Our Christmas break has been wonderful :) Lots of cooking and eating, staying up super late, and lots of Netflix.
Needless to say I'm itching to get sewing again.
Thank goodness Miss Jemellia of JemJam is hosting a year long Bag Challenge!
Amy Butler's book Style Stitches has 12 chapters, one bag a month for 2011.
Join in the fun for one or two or twelve months :) I like to stay in my comfort zone so this will be a fun way to learn some new skills and challenge myself. I am also going to make myself use at much from my fabric stash as possible, I'm the first one to admit it's getting a little crazy in there :)
So here are my fabric selections for January's bag (the one on the cover):
The floral is a piece I picked up on clearance over 3 years ago (!) and haven't done a thing with. The black dot will be the coordinating print for the handles/button and the mustard is lining. I also picked up a still in the plastic bolt of fusible interfacing and used my 40% coupon at the local HobLob, the ladies hate it when I buy the whole bolt :)
I'll be back with a finished photo before the end of the month, hopefully!
4 comments:
I'm excited to see this sewn! I am loving everyone's prints/selections!
I always get funny looks when I buy the whole bolt, too. Yes, I've done it several times.
See you at the end of the month!
I love this idea! I am a bag person, so of course I love it! ;) I may have to check out the book and try the 'challenge' on my own time. :) I'm excited to see how this goes! Good luck! Have fun!!!
sigh. I should do this. I really really want to learn how to sew but can hardly even do a straight stitch.
Oh my seam ripper is my bff and has seen quite a bit of action already on this project! I just don't like to read directions... or follow a pattern... or have any kind of patience... at all.
Hopefully I'll learn some in this process :)
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