Ruffled bag

My Mom bought these fabrics when we were in Holmes County over Christmas.  She wanted a bag made to give to a friend.  So a few weeks ago I finally got it made for her.  Now she has it for whenever she wants to give it away!

I used a canvas bag from Walmart that I already had and just added ruffles, cut the old handles off and made new ones.  I saw this idea here. Gotta be the most simple way to make a ruffled bag!  I just used a rolled hem on my serger to finish the bottoms of the ruffles.  One of these days I'm gonna get me a ruffler for my sewing machine and then it will really be easy.

Yummy.  Wish I could take a bite right now!  Chocolate helps everything right?  And if you don't like chocolate I'm sure you have some sort of comfort food that fits the bill.

When in need of a birthday gift...

...and the weather is not conducive to a shopping expedition...

...dig through your stash of fabric and accessories and make something!

I thought the selvage of this laminated fabric was cute so I didn't cut it off.

Yellow button to match the yellow purse handles.

Inside lined with regular fabric - more dots!!

side view

And another shot just for fun!

And I have some more in the works, just have to get some more purse handles and accessories ordered.  Would you like to see these show up on ETSY????

'Sewing Supplies'

While in Holmes County between Christmas and New Year's I found some really fun stuff at a fabric store I love to shop in.

 Large buttons and very cute, fun purse handles.

 Laminated fabric.  This stuff is the absolute best stuff to have around.  I will show you a purse I just made as a gift very soon.  I promise!!

 scissors prints.  Don't know for sure what I will do with this stuff but I couldn't leave it there.  Scissors are a favorite remember!

More fun prints. 

 This one will be really fun to use.  Purses, pillows, wall hanging??  Oh the possibilities!

And three pieces I bought to make skirts for me.  Do you see a common denominator here?? Guess what my favorite apparel color is!!