{MarQuette's bag}

I made this bag for my mom to give to my sister for her birthday. I let her choose which of my patterns she wanted me to use & the colors, but I didn't let her see what fabric I picked out until I was done.

She wanted a large bag to fit all of the things she likes to carry & she wanted it to be made of denim.  I added lots of pockets to it, so she can be very organized.  She loved how it turned out!

I made this bag from my "Carol Tote" pattern.

{B&W Patchwork Purse}

This bag is for sale in my Etsy Shop. It is 11" wide at the bottom and 9" wide at the top x 11" high x 5.5" deep (front to back).  The strap is 32" long.  There is 1 zipper pocket and 1 slip pocket.

{A fun, birthday bag}

I made this bag at the beginning of September for this beautiful girl's birthday. Her mother emailed me expressing the need for a bag for her daughter for school. They had looked around and hadn't found one that she liked until she saw my "K and C bags" that I had made for my girls for school bags. 

The pictures that I took of this bag didn't turn out so Cindy was kind enough to take some of her daugther with the bag.  Thank you so much Cindy!  I hope your daughter loves the bag and will get a lot of use out of it.  

Theresa's purse

Here's a new bag that I made for my friend Theresa. I love how it turned out.

Here is a close-up of the inside. It has 4 pockets, two large & two small. The small one are just the right size for a cell phone, lipstick/gloss, keys, etc. And it has a magnetic snap closure.

And here is my lovely daughter modeling the bag for me. Theresa wanted one the same style as my "Kristi bag", but with a longer strap to cross over her body & a little wider so she could carry a water bottle in it. It's a little long on her, because she is only 12 (and kinda short), but it's not quite as long on an adult.

To order a bag like this head over to my Etsy shop.

{Kirstin} Bag

I named this bag the Kirsten Bag after on of my dear friends that I have known for 18 years.

I'm linking up to these parties:

{Anne Bag}

This is my Anne Bag, named for a dear sweet friend from church, who holds a special place in my heart. Anne is a very busy person, but still found the time to help me overcome a great fear of mine. She is an absolutely amazing person and a wonderful friend and I wanted to make a very beautiful bag designed with her in mind. So here it is.... By the way, I did end up keeping this one, partly because I fell in love with it & partly because I wanted to redesign the next one to have the opening be a little bigger, the pockets a little smaller & a few other improvements. Yes, I admit it, I am a perfectionist. But if it's not good enough for my taste then I know it's not good enough to sell.



In choosing the names of my bags I have tried to remember all of the friends that I've had with these names and another good friend from my high school days came to mind...Anne Booth! Anne & I were in the same Stake growing up {I was her JC~Junior Counselor, at girls camp one year}, and we worked at the AMC Fiesta 6 Movie theater in Mesa, together for a little while. I've tried to find Anne on facebook a few times and haven't been able to so far. I don't know what her married name is, so that has made it difficult. Regardless, Anne was a good friend and was always so cheerful. I don't think she had a single enemy. She was a great example to me!

You can see by these pictures that the pockets do need to be a tad smaller.

As always, I added a keyfob!





happy creating,

{Cammi Bag}

This is the "Cammi Bag", named after one of my girls! I actually made this bag about 4 months ago. I made a few mistakes in designing the pattern (it was a very tough pattern to figure out) & the instructions. Anyway, I designed this pattern to fit my "pattern" book that I carry with me everywhere. It's my inspiration book that I have all of my pattern designs in and I keep swatches of fabrics that I want to use with it. This bag fits everything that I normally carry with me on a regular basis.

This is the back of the bag, showing the outside pocket. I keep my cell phone, pen, pencil & sunglasses in here for easy reach. This was one of the first bags I made, so I hadn't thought of the cell phone pocket yet. But I will certainly add that in with the next one! It also has a cross the body strap, which I love!

An up close shot of the ruffles {which I love}.

The inside, showing the one pocket! This is a fairly compact purse so there's not much room for lots of pockets. I designed it more as a simple bag.
I'm hoping {with all of my extra time this summer-lol} to perfect this pattern and have some in my Etsy shop {where you can see the bags I have for sale} soon.

Julieana Tote

I'm so sorry I haven't posted anything lately. I've been so busy with school & life & making lots of new bags. I've got my Etsy shop set up and am in the process of getting my new bags on there. I'll post something here with the link to my Etsy page as soon as I get them on there.

This is a new bag I just made. I've named it the Juliana Tote (after one of my many awesome cousins). I gave this bag to my sister tonight as an early birthday present & she was so excited. She asked me several months ago (like 6 or 7) to make a tote bag like mine (& my daughter's bags) for her to use for her church bag. So I finally got around to making one for her.




I put 2 pen/pencil pockets in this bag & an attached keyfob!


There's 2 large pockets on one side.


With the 2 pen/pencil pockets & another large pocket on the other side.

Bekah's bag

I made this little Tinkerbell purse & crayon roll for my long time friend from High School, Kathy. It's actually for her little girl's birthday next month. I really like the fabric I found and I hope little Bekah will love it too.

I made this little crayon roll for her as well. These are great to take on a trip or to church/dr. office. It makes it easier for the kids to get to the color they want and you don't have to worry about them ripping the box apart every time they open it.

If you'd like to order one of these the crayon rolls are $5 and the colored pencil rolls are $7 (crayons & pencils not included). When ordering please specify how many slots you'd like, in other words how many crayons or pencils do you plan to put in them?

Chel's tote

I made this bag for me & I LOVE it already! I used some material that I already had & some scraps from the Melissa bag. It's amazing what you can do with little pieces of leftover fabric. I wish I had a little more of the flowered print so I could have made the band at the bottom a little wider! I put an extra thick interfacing in every one of my bags to help them hold their shape and last longer. If you'd like a bag like this one, they are $45 and you can email me at: chelscraps (at) yahoo(.)com. This bag measures 16" wide x 13" tall (not including straps). The straps are 24" from end to end, so the bag is a total of 25" tall including the straps.

This is one side of the inside. I made a really large pocket for my camera to fit in & then a smaller one on the outside of the large one.

This is the other side of the inside. There's another medium sized pocket in the center & then I made a small pocket up at the top for my cell phone. Now I don't have to dig in the larger pockets to find my phone. I love it!

Melissa bag

I love how this bag turned out! I made this one as a diaper bag for my good friend who is just about to have her 5th baby. She thought she was done having kids a few years ago, but recently got a little surprise. This bag would make a great purse also. If you'd like a bag similar to this they are $40. Email me at chelscraps (at) yahoo (.) com to order. This bag is 17" wide & 12" tall (this is just the bag).

This is the inside. It has 6 pockets, 3 on each side. It also has a magnetic snap closure.