Shelly’s Journal

Bump finished out his Mother’s Morning Out program a few weeks ago. I made these bags for the wonderful ladies who taught him so many things this year, and took care of him.

The fabric is Moda’s Daydreams. The design is based on the pattern Jelly Bags by Bunny Hill design. I [...]

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I’ve been waiting for 2 months to make a bag out of some Michael Miller fabric I bought during my annual pilgrimage to the only quilt shop in the area. I finally found a pattern I really wanted for me - the Mail Sack from Pink Chalk Studio. I’m totally into the sling [...]

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I gave a link to Martha Stewart’s Pillowcase bag the other day. Here’s my first attempt:

I made this bag for one of my great nieces who just turned 6. I plan to make it a beach bag of sorts, filling it with fun things for the shore from the dollar store.
I did end [...]

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While my mind has been elsewhere these last few months, I didn’t quite foresake my sewing habit altogether. Here and there I got the energy to complete a few projects. This bag was for my step daughter’s 16th birthday.

The bag is from this pattern by Bunny Hill Designs, and is made from 2.5 [...]

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I love to make handbags. Love. Love. Love. It’s fun. It’s functional. Usually, it’s a short and fast project. People love them. I love them. (In case you didn’t get that the first time.) But, I usually get to #3 of a particular style, and then I’m [...]

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Here are a couple more things to round out the Christmas Gift Round-Up at Shelly’s House -
Christmas Coasters

I made a tree skirt for my tree - reversible. These were the two fabrics. I used the leftovers to make 8 sets of coasters (only 6 pictured). That way, I not only got to [...]

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I had a pile of quilt squares hanging around from when I tried Amy’s Scrap X Quilt. Of course, I missed the point. Somehow I thought that trying to be symmetrical was not necessary with this quilt.
Then I got on a handbag run, and never looked back - until Christmas rolled [...]

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Here’s my first try at clothing….a few skirts for some little girls on my Christmas list.

These two were done based on Randi’s Twirly Skirt.

This one was based on Three Peas tiered skirt tutorial shown here.
And a huge thanks to my stunning model…Bump. Psst, don’t tell dad.

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Here are a few gifts I’ve made over the last months:

These appliquéd onesies are so fun and easy - especially when making them for little girls! I found these patterns in a quilting magazine for a quilt, but easily converted them for use in my project. I applied wonder under to the fabric, [...]

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Thanks Holly for the linkie-love. Here’s some photos of the bag I made for Holly for those of you stopping by. For everyone else, you’ve seen this one before.

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