I am so excited to share my row pattern with you this year. I feel like I’ve been waiting months and months to release it…...
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read moreThe Island Batik It’s a Bag Blog Hop concludes this week! Don’t miss the fabulous ByAnnie bags and additional giveaways!
During the hop, I hosted a three part series on bag making. If you are at all interested in making a zippered bag someday, don’t miss this!
For Part One of my bag making series, click here to catch up.
Part Two is here if you missed it.
Here’s Part Three of my bag making series.
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Wow, the ideas and inspiration just keep coming from the great line up of bloggers participating in
Welcome to my day on the Island Batik It’s in the Bag Blog Hop!
This month long celebration of Island Batiks features bag patterns ByAnnie, giveaways, and of course, luscious batiks!
The batiks being featured this time comprise the Spring 2020 collections which are just arriving in stores now. Click here to use the Store Locator to find a store near you that carries Island Batik.
For the blog hop, each Ambassador selected a ByAnnie bag pattern. I chose Back at Ya 2.1, a cross between a purse and a small backpack. Click here ...
read moreThe Island Batik It’s a Bag Blog Hop is continuing this week with more ByAnnie bags and additional giveaways!
I’ll debut my bag tomorrow but today I thought I’d share my final bag making tips and techniques.
If you missed Part One of my bag making series, click here to catch up. Part Two is here if you missed it.
As a reminder, I’m making the Back At Ya 2.1 bag from ByAnnie. It’s a purse-backpack and I can’t wait to use it!
At this point in my bag ...
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Hello Fall Blog Hop!
The first day of fall in the Northern Hemisphere is September 22nd.
The Island Batik It’s a Bag Blog Hop continues this week with more giveaways and fabulous bags!
Meanwhile, I’m sharing bag making tips and techniques as I make my bag for the hop—the Back at Ya 2.1 bag.
If you missed Part One of my bag making series, click here to catch up.
Let’s see…the next thing I worked on was the bag straps. Here you have to make a fabric tube and turn it right side out, then stuff strapping through it. If you’ve ever made a casing ...
read moreIt’s always great to hear your feedback on the first day of the row along. Everything went so smoothly on Tuesday and everyone had such...
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read moreIt’s finally that day each year that I look so forward to. Six years now, we’ve held this row along starting on the 2nd Tuesday...
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read moreThe Island Batik It’s a Bag Blog Hop starts tomorrow!
While you wait, I’m glad you stopped by. I’m making the Back at Ya 2.1 bag and as I go along I’m sharing bag-making tips and techniques.
I’ve made ByAnnie bags before but nothing quite as complex as the Back at Ya 2.1. I have to say, when I opened the pattern and saw it had 12 pages I just about fainted! Then I thought, “You can do this.” I took a deep breath and plunged in.
To my ...
read moreNext Tuesday, September 8, we start the Row Along. 50 wonderful designers over the next six weeks bringing you wonderful patterns for your row type...
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read moreGreat ready for a great blog hop with Island Batik called It’s in the Bag!
The month-long celebration of all things batik starts next Tuesday, September 8th. Every week you’ll be able to visit select Island Batik Ambassadors to see the newest batiks and to enter to win them!
And what’s the theme of the hop?
Bags of course!
This month each Ambassador is making a bag or tote using a ByAnnie pattern and batiks featured in the Spring 2020 Island Batik collections, arriving in stores now.
Click here to use the Store ...
read moreYa’ll know I’m not a big Sunday poster, but once a month for the next 10 months I will post each month’s schedule. Every Sunday...
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Shop @ Home Live! If you’re on Facebook you probably already know about this fun new event that Handi Quilter hosts on our Facebook page each week.
If not, I’m gonna get you up to speed!
It happens every Tuesday at 2p Eastern, 1p Central, Noon Mountain, and 11a Pacific time.
It is on our Facebook fan page. Facebook.com/handiquilter
It’s a LIVE video filled with quilting tips and education. You can ask questions in the comments. Some questions are answered LIVE on the air and others are answered in the comments.
There are chances to win ...
read moreShop @ Home Live! If you’re on Facebook you probably already know about this fun new event that Handi Quilter hosts on our Facebook page each week.
If not, I’m gonna get you up to speed!
It happens every Tuesday at 2p Eastern, 1p Central, Noon Mountain, and 11a Pacific time.
It is on our Facebook fan page. Facebook.com/handiquilter
It’s a LIVE video filled with quilting tips and education. You can ask questions in the comments. Some questions are answered LIVE on the air and others are answered in the comments.
There are chances to win ...
read moreToday I’m excited to tell you about a fabulous new book, from my friend Lilo Bowman.
Lilo Bowman
Love Your Creative Space: A Visual Guide to Creating an Inspiring & Organized Studio Without Breaking the Bank is Lilo’s new title from C&T Publishing. It’s full of ideas, solutions, and creative ways to set aside and love your personal space for making.
Click here to buy Love Your Creative Space on Amazon.
So backing up a little, I first met Lilo when I was a guest on The Quilt Show with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims. She’s ...
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