House pouch :)

House pouch :)

Here's the house pouch I completed for week 2 of the Zakka Style sew along - it's quite cute, if I do say so myself!

The twins are here :)

I don't have any photos yet, but welcome to the world, great niece Madelena and great nephew Massimo (I hope I've spelled the names correctly - I'm waiting for confirmation!), born yesterday to our nephew David and his sweet wife Cassendra :)  Matteo, 4, is now a big brother!  

I've been dealing with round 2 of The Creeping Crud (aka a head cold) so I haven't been doing much of anything.  I did get a bit of work done on week 2 of the Zakka Style sew along - this project is actually one I've done before - a House Pouch - easy peasy :)   I brought the bits and pieces upstairs to hand stitch the button flowers on - I wrapped masking tape around a ruler so I could keep the buttons in the right order, lol.  Hopefully I can  finish this one tomorrow, in between naps, LOL.  Nancy I'll give you back your book for now - I'm not doing the next couple of projects so I won't need it until the end of April!  Thanks SO MUCH for the loan!

Zigzag bag completed :)

The first project in the Zakka Style sewalong is a "Zig Zag tote".  I did mine a little differently - I wanted log cabins on mine, so I did log cabins in front, and a modified zigzag (one seam 3D flying geese) in the back ;)  The bag measures 12.5" wide x 14" tall x 2.5" deep, and is lined with a turquoisey-aquay blue.  It came out beautifully!

Week 2 starts on Monday (Apr. 9) - the next project is one I've made before, but of course I'll be making a new one ;) 

Zakka Style sewalong bag under construction

I took this picture in the basement so I can't get the colour quite right.  The main parts of the bag are a neutral taupey lineny type fabric, with log cabin blocks for the front, and some one seam 3D flying geese blocks for the back.  They're top-stitch quilted onto Warm and Natural batting.  This is the first project I'm doing for the Zakka Style sewalong - they call it a zigzag bag, but I'm doing it a bit differently :D

 Here's the "Snap Trap" bag I tried out yesterday - I'll make a few changes when I do it again - this one was just a trial run out of ugly-ish fabric.

 Here's the inside of the snap open part ...

and you can't really see it well, but the inside of the zippered pocket shows the wrong side of the lining fabric.  I don't like that - I'll fix that when I make the next one, by adding an extra piece of fabric there.  I'll also make the bag a bit bigger - this one is quite small - 5 1/2" x 4 1/2".  It's a great design idea though - those measuring tape snap bags are great, and I have lots of measuring tape (reclaimed from construction sites!) I can use up!  :)

Last finishes of March :)

 These are blocks I made for a sew-along that starts on Monday - I decided I wanted a different focus design in my zig zag tote, and this is what I came up with - mine will be a log cabin tote :)

 Boxy bag using some beautiful floral fabric my sister gave me :)

 This yummy floral corduroy was a remnant I got @ Joanns during one of my Buffalo runs last year - it made for a lovely pouch :)

 Thank you Miss Mickie for the fairy scraps you gave me during our last visit - they made for a perfect girly messenger bag!  I added a velcro closure and a pretty shell button to the flap :)

This monkey messenger bag is an Easter gift for a 4 year old boy - it has a magnetic snap on the flap, and of course, a monkey bag needs a monkey button to be considered complete :D

ETA:  my husband and oldest son voiced their opinion that the monkey bag is too girly for a boy - they didn't buy the "but ... but ... but it's a MESSENGER bag!" theory.  I'll save it for a girl and make something manlier for the young lad --- maybe something with farts or boogers or something ;)

A few minutes later - the third guy, aka DS2, just gave me his opinion, and he agreed with the other 2 guys - too girly, LOL.  I've been outvoted by testosterone!!!  :D