What's coming next...

Fresh off the sewing machine.

This leather was irresistible, and I'm so excited to be able to make quite a few bags out of it. I had just enough time to get another bag together for Ain't Your Gramma's Craft Sale, and this is it. I would have liked to have made another reclaimed leather bag but I made all of my used material up for the Handmade Holiday sale, and most of all of them sold. Which is great. Well, off to pack my van for the sale tonight. I've got to admit, I am looking forward to taking a break from sewing for the next months or so. My day job has been really taxing on me this winter, so to not have to spend more working after I'm done 8 hours of work... But, I am looking forward to exploring bike bags again, this winter.

Dear Hannah

Thanks you for buying my bags. I always like brown and black together, it was a delight to get to custom make this bag. If I could do it again I would, and I would probably keep it for myself.

Craftarama.

Here we are at the West End for Handmade Holiday. I'm happy with the turnout. I Enjoyed speaking with my return customers, and the customers that wished they would have gotten one of my bags at my previous sales, and had to come back to find me this year. One more sale to go, and a few more bags to make for it.

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Just a week left for production. I am not getting half as many "special features" made, as I thought I could. But I am still going to pull off a few cool items. A dear friend of mine stumbled across these amazing old moneybags that I am converting into my own versions of a "money bag".

Sneak Peek

This was a happy experiment. I've been lugging around this scrap piece of army blanket, from an upholstery project from years ago. Finally it has found a home. I'm going to have a hard time parting with this beauty.























Here we go again with the Holly Hobby Bags.
This is made from some wool tweed that I found in New york.
I will also have a few black and white tweed bags available.























I'm starting to get a little board of this design, but it still seems to be a popular one. This bag has got to be the lightest bag I have ever made. I found this retro upholstery material in a secret hiding spot, really great bag making material. It may show up a few times in the future.

It's Craft Sale time!