Wild daisy tote bags

I had so much fun making these tote bags, I almost don't want to sell them.  Although I could use a serger to make the inside edges nicer.  I'll have to see if mom will let me use hers.  The color looks really great on the left photo, they're really bright cheery colors on both of them.

Beaded tins beaded tins beaded tins

Wheeeeeeeeee. these are such fun to make.  They take forever, but it's a labor of love :-)

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I found an egg!

Oh happy day!  I found an egg.  What egg?  An egg from CoffeeCup.com so I got some free software.   It's the search that had me in its evil clutches for the last few days.  But I found an egg!  Yippeeeeeee!  Yahooooo!

Look out all you obsessive compulsives!!

I've been pulling my hair out the last few days trying to find these crazy eggs.  If you have any tendencies towards OCD, I would not recommend checking it out.  But you could win $1000 if you figure out where the golden freaking egg is.  Good luck!   http://www.coffeecup.com/egg
And don't say I didn't warn you.

Don't put sealer on beads

It makes them look duller I think:

Beaded 2" tins

So far, I've done the top of the lid.  I'm also going to bead the side of the tops, but not the base.  To be continued...

Japanese and Czech seed beaded braclets

Little frames with shells

Rag quilts

Birdhouses birdhouses birdhouses

Coil fabric bowl - CraftStylish

Coil fabric bowl - CraftStylish

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Russian Spiral Bracelets

My newest obsession is the Russian spiral bracelet.  Anyone have any color suggestions?  I want to try them in smaller sizes, too, but it's so hard to SEE the little beads!

Diaper Caddy

In honor of my dear friend Sheri, I am posting this photo of 11 attempts at a prototype for a diaper caddy. Some have pockets, some even have handles, but none of them is quite right. And I must say, I don't think the prototype has improved as I've made more. What do you think?

I used a variety of patterns I found online and sort of adapted them to what I was going for.

http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/?p=222

http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2007/01/fabric_trim_box_tutorial.html

I think I'm going to try somethine more like this:

http://labelleavenue.com/blog/fabric-box-tutorial/

But I must admit, I'd close to giving up since Sheri showed me this adorable "pocket caddy" from Garnet Hill for a mere $38 dollars.

http://www.garnethill.com/jump.jsp?itemType=PRODUCT&RS=1&itemID=19134&fromNewSearch=true&mercadoResultId=0

So far, at least I have lots of new storage for all my fabrics and notions and other little dodads that would otherwise get lost, stepped on or eaten by my dog.

Pillowcases and covers

Halloween items

I've decided to make a few Halloween pillow case covers. They should be cute. One for a standard size pillow and the other to cover a 16x16 form.
After I finished the jack-o'lantern pillow case, I thought I had made it left-handed. I looked at the opening and decided I had put it on the wrong side, but then I looked closer. In one of my better moments, I put both sides of the fabric facing up so either way you turn it, it will be right side up. Which incidentally made it right handed, too.
Sometimes as a "lefty" I do things backwards and it takes me a while to figure out how I managed to do it. Or, I can't figure out how to do something at all because it's so awkward. I think sewing machines are right handed. Has anyone come up with a left-handed sewing machine? That would be awesome. Most of the time I just put the fabric in the wrong way so I have too much of it bunched up in the closed end. Oopsie. It all seems to work out ok in the end.
I'll be taking photos of my lovely pillow cases tomorrow and hopefully I'll remember to post them here.

Made this yesterday

What I've been working on

Lots of shells shells shells shells

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