Purse Palooza - Boyd St. Bowling Bag

Hop over to Sara's blog to see my review of Emmaline Bag's Boyd St. Bowling Bag pattern!

Na blogu Sary jest moja recenzja wzoru torebki Boyd St. Bowling Bag. Nieczesto szyje torebki ale szczerze polecam wzory od Janelle z Emmaline Bag - czytelne, dokladne, z duza iloscia zdjec i roznymi wariantami wykonczenia. Chcialam sobie uszyc torebke jesienna, do noszenia na co dzien do pracy:

I updated the last PP pattern giveaway post with the names of 3 winners.

P.S. Don't forget to visit on Thursday 24th - it's my turn in Wicked halloween blog-hop!

Bird on a branch embroidery bag

And another shoulder bag. Same as before - natural linen as outer fabric, beautiful cotton for the lining (Black Damask from Lost & Found collection by Riley Blake Designs) and bird on a branch in front. It took me few days to finish it. The bird and the branch are painted with textile paints (iron set), the flower petals are thread painted (free hand, using darning foot) with various colours of Madeira Rayon thread. The flower centers and also painted and the details are hand embroidered. I have to say that the effect is really gorgeous:

The bag is now listed in my SHOP.

I nastepny torebka. Tym razem z ptaszkiem na galezi. Material zewnetrzny to jak zwykle naturalny len, a podszewka to Black Damask z kolekcji Lost & Found od Riley Blake Designs. Zrobienie samej aplikacji zajelo mi duzo czasu. Ptaszek i galaz sa malowane farbami do tkanin (utrwalonymi zelazkiem), a kwiaty sa wyszyte blyszczacymi nicmi (wyszywalam je roznymi kolorami nici uzywajac stopki do pikowania). Srodki kwiatow sa tez pomalowane, a detale wyszywalam recznie. Przyznaje sie bez bicia, ze efekt przeszedl moje oczekiwania :)

New bag and a shop update

I made a new bag and a cosmetic pouch. I also updated my DaWanda Shop (and still will be during next few days as I didn't add any new things there for a long time).

Bag is made of natural coloured linen (outer fabric) and Tangerine Paisley Flower from Flora by Lauren & Jessi Jung for Moda (lining). The flower in front is a mix of applique, textile painting and hand embroidery. The bag is now available in my SHOP.

Nowa torebka i kosmetyczka. Torebka z bezowego lnu (tkanina zewnetrzna) i Tangerine Paisley Flower z kolekcji Flora od Lauren & Jessi Jung (podszewka). Kwiat na torbie to po czesci aplikacja, malowanie na materiale i haft reczny:

I also made this little cosmetic pouch. Outer fabric is Central Park by Deborah Edwards for Northcott Fabrics and lining is from Curio collection by BasicGrey for Moda.

Kosmetyczka: material na zewnatrz pochodzi z kolekcji Central Park od Deborah Edwards dla Northcott Fabrics, a podszewka to tkanina z kolekcji Curio od BasicGrey:

Emmaline Bag pattern review - Purse Palooza 2012

Hop over to Sew Sweetness to see my pattern review of Emmaline Bag by Janelle @ emmalinebags.com as part of Purse Palooza 2012.

Na blogu Sew Sweetness (moj post to czesc Purse Palooza 2012) mozecie przeczytac o moich doswiadczeniach podczas szycia Emmaline Bag. Znajdziecie tam recenzje wzoru i wiecej zdjec :) Wzor jest autorstwa Janelle (emmalinebags.com).

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'Deer Purse' and some exciting news!

Hope you all had a nice and peacefull Holidays. I was a bit away (from the net and from my sewing machine) during Easter, but now I'm back and ready to sew :) I will also try to answer all your emails ASAP and finish the PP patterns for Carl the Cameleon and the Retro Phone.  

I have also two exciting news to share with you:

1st -  the book 'Jelly Roll Dreams: 12 new designs for Jelly Roll Quilts' with my quilt in it ('Driping Diamonds') is now available in shops! You can preview the book at Amazon. Cannot wait to see the book myself with all the amazing projects inside!

2nd - my other quilt will be soon published in Quilters Newsletter! It's an amazing feeling when other people appreciate your work.

Today I finished the purse which I started before Easter:

Wrocilam po Swietach. Troche mnie nie bylo, internetu ani maszyny nie mialam ;) ale juz jestem. Gotowa nadrabiac wszelkie zaleglosci. Musze dokonczyc wzory PP i poodpisywac na cala mase maili. Mam tez dwie nowiny, ktorymi chcialabym sie z Wami podzielic:

* ksiazka z moim quiltem z Jelly Roll'ki 'Jelly Roll Dreams: 12 new designs for Jelly Roll Quilts' (moj quilt to 'Dripping Diamonds') juz jest dostepna w sprzedazy! Niektore strony mozna obejrzec na Amazonie. Juz sie nie moge doczekac, kiedy dostane moja kopie ksiazki!

* moj kolejny quilt bedzie niedlugo (w lipcu) opublikowany w amerykanskim czasopismie Quilters Newsletter! Oj, bedzie z tej okazji rozdawajka :)

A oto torebka, ktora zaczelam jeszcze przed Wielkanoca, a ktora dzisiaj skonczylam:

Outer fabric is linen, for lining I used Heirloom Gold Ribbon Lattice by Joel Dewberry. The deer is in part applique (using bondaweb) and in part painted with textile paint (all the white parts). The outlines are machine embroidered with black thread with the help of darning foot. Antlers and grass are also machine embroidered. Cherry blossoms are hand embroidered with lazy dazy stitch with some little beads in the middle of some flowers.


The purse is now listed in my DaWanda shop.

Material zewnetrzny to len, podszewka jest z Heirloom Gold Ribbon Lattice. Jelen jest po czesci aplikacja z uzyciem Bondaweb, a po czesci malowany farbami do tkanin (wszystkie biale elementy). Kontury sa wyszyte maszynowo czarna nicia z uzyciem stopki do pikowania, tak samo trawa i poroze. Kwiaty sa wyhaftowane recznie.

Sunny wristlet with bird and a bag that I bought

First I would like to show you a wristlet which I made during last days. The end effect differs slightly from what I planned, but I like its' summer sunny colours. 

Fabrics I used: Daiwabo Fallen Sparrow in Natural, Pie Basket in Fiesta from Denyse Schmidt and Ivory Pure by Sweetwater for Moda (lining). The bird (a Great tit) is hand painted by me with textile paint (iron fixed). The wristlet has a pocket inside. It's about 9" wide, 4" high and the strap is about 7 1/2" long (together with swivel clip). It keeps nicely its' shape and it's soft (I additionally used a layer of batting).

The wristlet is available in my SHOP.

Besides what I've made, I wanted to show you what I just bought for myself :D I simply felt in love with bags made by Forma. The bag is absolutely wonderful. High quality materials, perfectly finished, lots of place inside. And an eye candy. Just take a moment and take a look at the bags she's making. It's worth the time :)

*till next time*

Maine Coon shopping bag

I started this bag like ages ago. I was waiting for finishing it in the depths of my wardrobe. But it's time has come ;)

It's ready and I'm submitting it to the 'Cat' challange on Patchworkowa Gwiazda blog.

Sorry for the terrible photos, it's already late and dark, but today is the last day for submission, so I had to make some. Tomorrow I will replace them with better ones :)

The bag is lined, with 3 pockets inside, magnetic snap and the key leash. I will post photos of the inside tomorrow.

'My maine coon is bigger than your dog' ;)

 Hugs

Brown linen wristlet

As I already mentioned before, I decided to join 'Zipper-me-up' Challange by Jenny the Elefantz . For this purpose, I made this brown linen wristlet with stitched/felted cherry bloossoms, a snap closing and a ziper:

and here is The Zipper ;) This was alsothe first time that I made such invisible inside pocket. I'm proud of myself...

Gray flowers bag

I finished it some time ago, but couldn't find a time to show of ;)
Few photos of new bag made with some Amy Butler fabric:

I promised myself to join the 'Zipper-me-up' Challenge proposed by Jenny the Elefantz and I almost finished 'a thing' with the zipper. Only some small details left. Will show you tomorrow :)

Have a nice evening

Jo & cats  

Cat and lavender - linen bags with appliques

Just shortly today - that was one long and tiring day.

Two more bags.

First - a BIG BAG - with the cat, wich was stitched between the linen fibres and doodle stitched/applique flowers (these took me ages to finish... as I don't have some much time to spare for sewing, I thought I will never see the end of this bag). But suprised myself with the end result. Doesn't this look gorgeous ^.^ :

and a closer look on the kitten

Dark lining with standard set of pockets inside (two open on one side [one with a cute butterfly ;) ] and one zipped on the opposite):

Next in the row is the lavender bag. Smaller than the one with the cat and the product of one weekend and some deep need for making a green linen bag with lavender flowers... here are the results:

None of the bags found their home yet ;) If you are interested, you can find more details in my Dawanda shop (os just write to me).

Next bag is waiting for my time to finish it, together with two sets of lovely coasters (and one curtain set for the cat show cage... ).

ech... if only days were longer...

My first patchwork bag

Actually I don't know when did I get the idea to make my own bags. What I knew, is that I hate to see people on the street wearing same clothes, carrying same bags, having the same haircuts (yes, I know that's weird, but I don't think I can change that now ;) ).

At the beginnign it was difficult to plan... and even more difficult to cut (I was constantly worried that I will do something wrong and just waste the fabric and my previous work). But as I started, everything went just fine.

And here it is... my first handmade bag (already found a new home - my mum's home ^.^ ):

The bag is made from 100% linen and nice patchwork cotton fabric. Lining is cotton, and filling is from polyester. As my mum doesn't like fancy things I decided to make it as simpel as I could, but without loosing its charm and uniqueness:

Of course the whole front is quilted - in lilly pattern.

Inside there are 3 pockets: 2 open on one side, and one zipped pocket on the opposite side.

I have to admit I was really proud of myself. It looked quite pretty and my mum loved it (which is the most important thing for me).

And as you can assume, it didn't end at this one bag. it never ends at one bag... next followed. But about them, later :D