Leaf On The Wind Everyday Tote (Moon Beam Textiles)

This month I got two awesome vinyl rolls and a cunning panel from Moon Beam Textiles to show of the Comeback collection.  The rolls of vinyl can be ordered in either 12 or 18" widths, but the strike ones were not quite those measurements.  I had plans to make the tote bag with the fun panel and then do the accents and other side of the Everyday Tote (Bagstock designs) in the vinyl, but one of my rolls was just an inch too short for that.  My suggestion is to get the 18" if you are going to make purses so you have lots of options for directional and featured cuts.

The shine of the vinyl and the dark saturation of the panel were a challenge to photograph

WIP Thursday - Time to Try to Catch Up

I just have a few more orders to get through before I'm back on track, but that means I can totally take some time off to work on fun projects, right? I signed up for a 3 day craft show in December, so I need to start working on more inventory.  I still have a stockpile of lanterns to add fabric to, hooded towels to finish, mountains of felt and vinyl to turn into finger puppets, bookmarks, and keychains...plus half finished UFO purses I uncovered in my organization sprees.  I'm planning on taking a week off from the day job, so I'll either get a TON of stuff done, or I'll just chill and do stuff with the kids.  Either way, it's going to help me de-stress! 

Bookmarks from the awesome vinyl on preorder now at Moon Beam Textiles!

Haunted Stitch Siren Tote (XOXO by Lauren)

The Siren Tote bag from XOXO by Lauren is so fast to whip up, and it uses up a lot of fabric! It's perfect to show off the bigger panels. I really need to make a ton more to thin out the stash!

Haunted Stitch

Dino Pocket Pal and Pouch (Lind's Handmade, Moon Beam Textiles)

I've had this cute little pattern for a while, but no chance to make it until I got the new vinyl from Moon Beam Textiles to try out.  The Pocket Pal from Lind's Handmade is actually pretty fast! I should pull out my scan n' cut to see if it cuts even faster, but really, you cut 5 pieces! Three are out of vinyl, one in the pocket fabric, and a piece of ribbon (or non-fray fabric like Oly fun).

A cute set!

WIP Monday - Making a Mess

Have you ever noticed how there is a stage of cleaning/organizing where everything looks MUCH worse than when you started? Unfortunately I feel like I'll never make it past that stage at this point because it's a never-ending organizing process for the sewing studio.  I can get one section looking awesome, but the rest of the room will look like the craft gnomes exploded...

It's better than it was, but still in progress...

Buffy Fresno Foldover Tote

Buffy was my FAVORITE show in high school/college and not just because SMG is almost the same age as I am... it was just a great show with so much action and sarcasm!  I'm glad to find out that I'm not the only fan, and was excited when I got an order for a fun Buffy bag!

I tried my best to get all the characters on the bag at least once

WIP Thursday - Lists Galore

I'm finally starting to get caught back up, but I realized there were a few months of insanity in there where I was getting so swamped that I didn't update all my lists! So I'm not as caught up as I thought I was...oops! I'm also running into more complex orders and more detailed purses now, so that means I can't exactly bust out one a day, or even one a week for some of them!

Organizing zipper pulls...time for even more storage