Meggie and Tilli

 Meggie enjoying the sunshine.

Tilli in the laundry basket.

Crochet.

This is the yarn I bought today and I am making cord with it for Aussie Heroes and Laundry bags. Super easy, super quick, a crochet chain stitch. Name of yarn is Triple Fever Mesh. What are you doing today?

Spotlight Shopping.

I bought all this yarn today in Spotlight to turn into cord for Aussie Heroes and Laundry bags. For a couple of weeks now I have been looking for more cord making stuff. I will be twisting 2 stands together and zig zagging it on the sewing machine. At 50c a ball (original price $8 a ball I have made a great saving. 42 balls for $21 I can get back into making the bags again.

Cat of the Day.

 I know that the good weather is coming when Tilli chooses to sit in the cube in the family room.

She is my Cat of the Day.

Makes and Shopping.

 Yesterday I made this little purse to go with the little bag I bought at Kingsbury Market on Sunday. The Little wallet pattern I bought in Savers.

 This is the bag I bought at the market, So Cute! It is more purple than it looks like here, More like the colour in the zip and stitching. (I like a little bag for the summer).

 Bought from Savers at the same time as the purse pattern, this complete kit. I will be giving this to a friend for Christmas.

 I have also started on the clocks (Jodie Carletons' Craft Clock pattern) This first clock has been stitched with a variegated thread. and a chain stitch in gold.

This one is for my blog winner in her preferred colours.

Fat 1/4 Tote.

 This is my Fat 1/4 tote bag from my original design, fabric from Crafty Hijinks freebies,

 Zips and webbing from Savers.

I am happy how it turned out. Next time though I will make the straps in the same fabric as the bag.

Fat 1/4 Tote Bag Pattern.

 For the past 2 days I have been working on a bag for Fat 1/4s. The first on Sunday had 9 pieces, I re worked it on Monday and then It was down to 5 pieces, but I wanted it to be much simpler, so back to the drawing board today and it now has 1 piece, 2 zips, handles and the clear plastic front, much much simpler! Top, front, sides, base, back and back top are all in one.
The 4 cut outs on the top and bottom are sewn together to create a corner, now the sides are taking shape.

 

The pink lines are the sides of the piece and showing the base. Sew the pink lines together where the end of the zip will be. Side seams sewn.

 Open it up and place the now sewn piece and line it up onto the base part and sew.
Repeat on the other side. The basic shape is happening.
Insert the zips from the centre front down the sides

 Almost there, this is where the bag takes shape.  From the top corner to the base corner, fold and sew down using a very narrow margin, this creates a mock seam. Do that for all the seams,

 Place webbing for handles, this is the view from the base. I have not sewn it on as I know how I want it on the real bag. It is only there for measurements.

 This is the view from the top of the bag.

 On the real thing it would have fat 1/4s and a plastic window,  (I don't have fat 1/4s, so mine had wool in it). It shows on the bag where the plastic pocket will go.

This it the fabric I will be using for the real bag now I have worked out how to do it. It is heavyweight duck cloth. I will draw the pattern out on my fabric, cut out (with pinking shears ) and cut out sew the window and sew on the straps in a couple of places then assemble it as before.

This is my pattern diagram, I hope it makes sense!