"Saturday Market" Bag Pattern Available at Loft Creations

This sweet "Saturday Market" bag was designed by Stephanie of Loft Creations. Take a look at her blog to see the bag done in 4 different fabric combinations. Stephanie's friend Carrie made the selvage bag above. You can see the yellow fabric better on Stephanie's blog; there are little bicycles on it. Nice job, Carrie!

I would use Kaffe fabrics and selvages. This bag is 14.5" wide and 10.75" high, so it would be perfect for carrying my knitting or other hand projects. There's a handy pocket on the inside for scissors etc. Stephanie is offering her easy and accurate pattern here on Etsy for $9. (She has a 100% positive feedback rating too.) If you click over there, check out my favorite bag, the "Prickly Pear."
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Giveaway Winners:
1. The winner of the AQS Engagement Calendar is Eileen of The Missing Piece blog in North Carolina.
2. The winner of Pinky the little sock creature is Kerry Katie Cakes of Alberta, Canada.
More giveaways coming soon.

Marit's New Selvage Quilt

Marit of Norway recently finished this selvage quilt which was inspired by Stephanie's string quilt challenge on www.loftcreations.blogspot.com. What a fresh color assortment. Nice job, Marit! See more on her blog: www.quilt-it.blogspot.com. She has wonderful quilts there that you will enjoy.

Jackie's Butterfly Love Wall Pockets

Take a look at Jackie's blog to see more great photos of her recent project. I love the colors in this. She does beautiful machine quilting for customers and for herself.

Also, see her post about clipping vs. not clipping those little "ears" you get when piecing. Tons of comments from readers, very interesting. You will like this blog!

Here's the link: http://cvquiltworks.blogspot.com/

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The pattern for Butterfly Love Wall Pockets is from Stephanie at Loft Creations. You can see more of her beautiful work at: http://www.loftcreations.blogspot.com/ and be sure to visit her Etsy site too. There is a link to it on her sidebar. The prickly pear bags on Etsy are really nice!

Stephanie's Big Selvage Bag

Take a look at this beautiful selvage bag made by Stephanie from Ohio. See the tape measure fabric at the top? And I like the polka dots too. Her selvage strips are so narrow, she fits a lot of selvage action in a small space! And she found a selvage with her name on it too (see below).

Stephanie found these antique bobbins and added the vintage rick-rack. I think they look great. I have some old wooden spools that I plan to wrap with selvage strips. Inspirational decorations for the quilt studio!

Visit Stephanie's blog at: http://loftcreations.blogspot.com/ She has a nice long list of favorite blogs there too.

Don't you love September? I get that "new box of crayons" feeling. I hope you get to savor some wonderful moments this month.

Meet Eliza Mae, a Selvage Garden Lady

Can you believe this? Stephanie from Pickerington, Ohio created "Eliza Mae." You can read all about her on Stephanie's blog: http://loftcreations.blogspot.com/2009/03/please-meet-eliza-mae.html. Check out those sneakers! And her socks too. I love this! Yayyy, Stephanie!

Stephanie says "Life is too short to be boring." Well, okay!

Selvage "Tea Wallet" from Loft Creations

Stephanie (of http://loftcreations.blogspot.com/) in Ohio just made this little "tea wallet" for her daughter Allison. For this project, she used some of her favorite Denise Schmidt Flea Market selvages. Regular readers, you'll remember the nice journal cover she made too. Allison, you are so lucky.

If you are a quilter who loves tea and teapots etc, and that's me!, be sure to visit her blog (see above for link). Stephanie sells her cool tea items on Etsy, too.

Selvage Journal for Daughter in College

Stephanie in Ohio made this beautiful journal for her daughter Allison, a student of industrial design at the University of Cincinnati. Allison has her mom saving selvages for her because she likes the color windows. (What a smart kid! I've sent her a copy of the selvage book.)

I like the color windows on the selvage Stephanie used for the bow. Isn't that a nice idea: black and white, with soft colors across the middle? Mom has a good eye for design, too! See her blog at: http://loftcreations.blogspot.com.