Frou Frou Gypsy in Combat Boots

I know it's not just me... this summer has flown by! my kids go back to school on Thursday!!! I have managed to sew a few things this summer in all the insanity... I made this bag....and i hated it! just wasn't happy at all with it and was so upset that i spent time on it and used that too cute birdie fabric on it... Here is the bag after my BFF made me rip it apart and re-make it so that it was tolerable! I am much much happier with it now....and not so upset for the use of the cutie birdies! This bag i LOVE! It is entirely from vintage fabric my Aunt gifted me with! I love that! It is made from a Simplicity pattern that I can't find at the moment to tell you the # of! If you really want to know, leave a comment and i will dig around til i find it for you! I was so proud of this interior zipper pocket!! (vintage gifted zipper too!) I added this fabric rose bling....not origional to the pattern... and here it is finished! i totally love it and the second it even thinks of ...

Here are a couple of bags i have finished up recently. This first one i LOVE and can't wait till fall so i can use it! It is made of 100% vintage fabric that my Aunt gifted me with. Even the zipper i used on the inside came out of the box of goodies from my Aunt! This one....i started back before Easter. It was going to be my "spring bag". It got set aside and i finally finished it just to get it off my projects list. I am not super happy with it. I LOVE that birdie fabric, so i am bummed that i am not lovin' the bag. I don't love the shape and size of the bag...but it's not workin' for me in other ways either. I feel like i need to do more embroidery .....ideas???

Our very first custom order bag, delivered to it's happy owner! We'll see what happens. She contacted us and asked for a bag that had certain amenities....we designed it and priced it and she bought it! so now....we're going to take orders for custom bags if anyone else wants one. I have posted this on FB and we'll see...so here's the story of the bag: This is us digging through our stash looking for inspiration. Other than "i like yellow" and specific functional details, she gave us nothing to go one. She told us to do "whatever"! Fortunately for her...we do know her and have been witness to her personal taste and style for several ...many?...years so we had a feeling of what she would like. Poor Melissa had to do almost all of the math! I am just not very good. We had some ideas that didn't work out...and we had to make changes along the way. We learned a lot.... During the process, we laid out the bag to see how amazing the trim was a...

I made this bag from 2 pair of recycled camo pants ....and lined it with some fabric leftover from another project. I just really love this bag. I hope the recipient loves it as much as i do. It was rather hard to make since the camo pants were rather well put together...disassembling and reassembling was a daunting task. i actually shattered one sewing needle on my new Bernina putting this little baby together. Once it was finished i felt it needed a little something so i hand embroidered this little rose and vine on the pocket flap. hope you all are wrapping up your holiday shopping and crafting! won't be long now!

May most favorite pair of jeans wore out. I just couldn't wear them anymore. I wasn't ready to let them go!!! If you know me, you are laughing right now because you recognize the jeans in the picture. hahaha! I used Simplicity pattern 2597 ...but instead of cargo pants, i used my beloved jeans. If you aren't familiar with this pair of jeans, the appliques were on the jeans, not something i added to the handbag. I must admit that the pattern does NOT call for the bag to be lined, but i like to hide my seams and seriously, it needed a lining! The thing i didn't do, and should have, was put some pockets on the inside!!! Seriously as many handbags as i have made, you would think that would be ingrained in my head by now, but sadly no. I was so excited about getting it together so i could see it "finished", that pockets totally slipped my mind, and were not included on the original pattern. I love it. It is nice and roomy and comfy...just like my jeans.