Burning Betty

Meet Betty. She's refined, but volatile. Rub her the wrong way and you'll regret it. Despite all this, she lit a fire under me, and friends, I'm swooning! (note to self: learn better puns)

As you may recall, it's Pattern Parcel time and this one is all bags. I mentioned in my last post that I had a Betty Bowler from Swoon Sewing Patterns in progress- here she is, done just in the knick of time! This parcel sale ends today, so I'm just barely sneaking in to the PPP Inspiration tour. (psst- if you have any inclination to sew any of the patterns in this parcel ever, just go ahead and buy the parcel. It is so worth it- and you'll probably end up sewing something you didn't expect!)

Giveaway Winner!

First off, let me just say that Matt and I had a great time reading all of your comments for the giveaway. We not only enjoyed hearing you all gush about our past posts, but totally got a kick out of reading about your secret indulgences. It looks like we aren't alone in our unhealthy sweets addictions:)

I know you all just want me to get right to the point and tell you who won this lovely purse...

So without further ado, the winner is..... (pause for dramatic effect)

Tote Bag

I saw this blog post a few weeks ago and knew I had to make one of these tote bags. I actually made two since I needed a gift for my sister Erin's birthday and I wanted one for myself. It was a pretty easy project and very versatile. I used corduroy because it was on sale and I wanted a more durable fabric, but you could use just about anything! The original tutorial for the bag is found here.

merry bobbins

What a weekend! I've been working for some time now to sew enough purses and fabric flowers to be ready to sell at Lexington's community festival, which was yesterday. Friday after work I worked non-stop crafting and making tags, etc. for the festival. I'm super happy (now) with the work I put in. We worked for a few days on coming up with a name for my stuff, but eventually landed on the one Matt came up with- merry bobbins. It's cute and clever. The festival was from 9am till 3pm- and things actually sold! My friend Nicole Olsen and I shared a booth. It was a delight to set my stuff up next to her adorable handiwork! I really admire her taste and her mad sewing skills. Here are a few pictures of the setup and products:

My purses on a coatrack for display (I had 8 purses total)

a teal/denim 10 pleat purse

a basket of fabric flower hair accessories

closeup of the tags I made

my table display- a mannequin was later added but I didn't get a picture :(

Nicole's table display- adorable!

View of the booth. Notice my fabric banner up top :)

And last but not least- my 19 week picture! That belly is a growin'!

Last Weekend...

Lets just say things got a little crafty.

Candice came from Richmond so we could get our craft on, and we had a great time sewing together! We learned how to make rolled fabric flowers and I'm now HOOKED!

I made a purse...

And some flower pins...

Loved it. The purse pattern came from this blog, and the flower inspiration came from this fantastic blog of craftiness.

We also attended my staff party this past weekend, complete with a BBQ and Karaoke. My pictures didn't turn out great from that night, because it was dark, we were in a barn, and I hate *hate* on camera flash... but I feel like this picture captures the passion that was PH Karaoke...

This was Matt and FW singing Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You." It was moving.

In other news, the little bun is growing. Online sources are telling me its about the size of a sweetpea this week.