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09.07.08

Bagged, baby! Bags, Finished Projects, Sarah the Sewist | (9)
At long last, the bag I made for our friends from Amy Butler's new book "Little Stitches for Little Ones" arrived in northern New Mexico and I can now share the photos... This one is dubbed the "Modern Nappy Bag" and is really something -- its absolutely enormous! And it certainly doesn't look like your run-of-the-mill diaper bag. I used fabric from Amy Butler's newish line of home decorator weight cotton sateen, August Fields. Some woodgrain fabric of the same weight from Joel Dewberry's Ginseng line looked like it was made to match, so I lined the whole thing and made the ...

Tagged: Amy Butler, Bags, complaint file, Finished Projects, friends, joel dewberry, sewist, whining
06.20.08

Not AWOL Sarah the Sewist, work in progress | (3)
Rosanne was the first of you loyal readers to notice that I haven't been posting much lately and ask what I've been up to sewing- and crafting-wise lately. Josh has certainly been making, and posting, a lot more stuff lately. But I promise, I haven't gone permanently AWOL. In fact, I started what I think will eventually be a really fabulous dress, the HotPatterns Metropolitan Coat Dress (the shorter, short-sleeved version). It's a great dress, huh? I'm making it in another fabulous fabric from Bolt---this one's a smoky blue cotton with a bit of stretch (hooray for stretch!). I think it's European, ...

Tagged: complaint file, dresses rule!, Hot Patterns, personal, work in progress