Monday, April 11, 2011

Mama's got a new bag....and online shopping oops!

Do you ever find that you have so many things that you want to blog about that you just don't write about any of them? That's the way I've been feeling for the last week....so apologies in advance for a rambling post....

First...my sweet friend, Darci, was kind enough to feature me in her Sewer's Interview Series last week. If you didn't get a chance to see her post, pop over, say hello and you can read all about yours truly. Thanks Darci!

Second, I finally made myself a new purse. You know how it goes, right? The cobbler's kids don't have any shoes...well this sewer had a purse that was literally falling apart.

My new purse...Pattern is Mini Miranda from Lazy Girl Designs.

I used fabric from my stash (my 4-year old picked out the Hope Valley...she's got good taste), and I used my favourite Amy Butler Full Moon Dot for the lining, and a linen cotton blend for the contrast. Pattern is Mini Miranda Bag from Lazy Girl Designs. I love it.




Third, good news and bad news about online shopping. Good news first. There is a fabulous new online shop located right here in Northern BC. It is so wonderful to have a shop close by that has yummy modern fabrics. (Sherbet Pips, anyone? And yes, I did buy a couple of charm packs last month and the Jelly Roll is calling my name).


New Fabrics from Fishskin Fabrics

Bad news?!? Impulse shopping with a pregnancy brain. I placed an order last week and it arrived in 2 days. (Okay, I'm still in shock about the fast shipping. Anything from the US takes literally weeks to get up here).

But unfortunately, I ordered 4 metres of Kona Snow when I really wanted Kona white, and my impulse Kate Spain purchases are not the colours I expected. I was looking for gray, aqua and yellow and I got brown, green and acid green. Oops. I wish I had just filled my cart with the Sherbet Pips yardage she has in stock. Do you ever have online shopping regrets?

Anyway, if anyone wants to swap any of the Kate Spain below I'm interested. I'm up for offers...I have a half metre of both in the photo below.

Kate Spain Central Park and Fandago (1/2 metres) up for swap.

And finally, in pregnancy news...I have 3 weeks to go, 1 quilt retreat this weekend, 1 baby quilt to finish quilting and bind, and 1 Moses Basket to finish recovering. Do you think I'll make it?

6 comments:

~Michelle~ said...

Ok, I've been wondering about the Central Park colors, having not yet seen it in person. "Stone" is a vague color description for a fabric, lol.

The purse is lovely...and it looks like your DQS was well-received also :)

Susan said...

You can do it!!! :) Congrats on the baby.

Poppyprint said...

That's gonna be a busy three weeks! Have a wonderful retreat. Love your new purse, and definitely YES on online shopping regret. Especially when I buy something, only to find I already have it in my stash. I MUST organize my fabric!!

Nanette Merrill said...

Really love the bag. THe fabric is perfect.

jill spyker said...

silly girl... Next time email me & we can talk about just exchanging it!!
Also - we send samples if you need swatches, check out the info here: http://www.fishskinfabric.com/pages/Samples.html

Cheers! Jill from www.fishskinfabric.com

Unknown said...

You have given such a fantastic modern fabrics bags. I like all fabric bags color, design etc. Its such a good news and bad news about online shopping.
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