Thursday, July 27, 2006

No stitching yesterday, BUT!


I sewed :)

Another thank you to Katrina for passing the pattern on to me - I love this! I bought the fabric while we were in Napier at our retreat, so it will always be a nice little memory as well.

While I was sewing it Charlotte was asking ... can I have one, can you do this, can you do that ... until I got fed up and said NO!!! This is for ME! just ME! ... just for a change ;)

What's even nicer is I actually managed to follow the pattern, not make any boo-boos and finish with a good looking bag - it will be perfect for carrying my knitting and stitching around in.

I have ideas to make more - a teddy bear one for my mother for Christmas, a quilting themed one for Deb and her mother for Christmas ... I'm totally hooked ;)

I had a busy day yesterday, and a few more busy ones to come. We are stocktaking as a fund raiser for the school so I was at The Warehouse from 6-11pm last night (hence the little afternoon spoiling to myself and taking the time to sew for ME!) ... work tonight, tomorrow night - weekend at home (yay!), then three more nights stocktaking. Roll on end of September when fundraising for school and a soccer tournament should be all finished.

Okay - off to type up minutes and sort out last years filing for cricket, so I can sort this years stuff into a more organised state :)

Thanks for all the compliments lately - they make a girls day!

12 comments:

Kiwi Jo said...

Wow, Lisa what an awesome bag! They are just my colours too :) I saw a lovely photo of the flatfold you made Katrina on her blog - you should post a photo of it here too!

Katrina said...

another wow from me too, gee, you are a speedy girl,lol. The colours look great together Lisa, couldn't have been a better choice. I can see you getting addicted to these!

Leah said...

Wow, Lisa, it looks awesome! You sure are a talented girl!!

_ said...

What a beautiful bag, Lisa! Wish I could sew like that. And LOL about making it all for you. Sometimes you just gotta do it. LOL

Sharon said...

very pretty bag-love the colors. Looks great!

Maree said...

Beautiful bag! And thanks for the cheers :)

Faith Ann said...

That bag looks great!! Good for you for making something for yourself :)

Halloween Fairy is still cute as can be too :)

natty68 said...

Thats a gorgeous bag Lisa :) Just the sort of bag I am looking into making, now if I could find the pattern..

Can you let us know what pattern you used and I then I can hunt it down on the net :) Thanks hon.

*Hugs*

Margaret said...

Oh nice!!!! I love those colors.

Andie said...

Beautiful colours Lisa! It sounds like things are a lot happier for you at the moment! I'm really glad :)

Anonymous said...

ahhhhhhhh...Love it, Lisa!!! And I agree...beautiful colors!!! You have the talent!

Unknown said...

Oh you clever cookie. Those colours look great, so ok, when is our next trip to Thimbles and Threads for more fabric?!!! LOL LOL

Great to see it all finished and that you are keeping it too.