Scooter Bag-Revisited

This Japanese linen scooter fabric might be my favorite fabric this year. Unfortunately, the pattern does not lend itself to being cut into small pieces. It turns out to be very difficult to isolate a scooter on a smaller swath of fabric, and I really don't like sacrificing neighboring scooters to harvest just one. The lid of a messenger bag offers a pleasantly large and uncut expanse of fabric, just right for scooters.

This new purse has a coordinating stripe of fabric on its back side, an interior zipped pocket, a strap long enough to go over my fall coat, a magnetic snap on the lid, and a vintage donut bead for a faux flap closure. I plan to wear it around for awhile to see what changes to make for next time.

100 Postings

My blog control panel informs me this is the my 100th posting of craft-related musings. Though I've already shown a peek of these candy bags, they are now finished and soon to be dropped in the mail to my nephew and niece. I've made several of these cloth candy buckets, and I enjoyed revisiting the pattern this time. Something slightly smaller and without a handle would be very cute in a Christmas pattern to hold a handful of candy canes.

Ready For Candy

10 days from Halloween and I've only purchased the candy I plan to give out to trick-or-treaters 3 times. I feel reasonably prepared for the approaching festivities. The costumes are chosen; the pumpkins are ready to be carved; little hands have arranged our decorations around the house. I even have a good start on two fabric candy buckets for my nephew and niece. Machine applique makes this project largely a matter of rooting around for the right snippet of fabric. The orange duck fabric on the bottom tier of one of the candy corn pieces is my favorite selection.

I Couldn't Resist

Fresh off the plane from Utah, I convinced my family that a stop at IKEA (to eat lunch, of course) was in order. Since I eat at a good clip, there was time for me to slip away from the cafeteria to choose a little fabric for the drive home. I bought 2 yards of this random and colorful pattern I plan to fussy cut into many smaller items. Flowers, people, billy goats, pagodas, this fabric has it all. Maybe I should stretch it on a large frame and store it up on the wall of my craft room for awhile.

Utah Inspiration

I'm just back from trooping around the wilds of central and southern Utah on a family vacation. Two weeks without sewing or shopping for anything related to crafts forced a closer inspection of everything else. The Sego Canyon cliff paintings are chock-a-block full of ideas for silk screening or fabric piecing. I like the effect of something visually interesting and simple, but not childlike.