Fabric from my "Stash"

I have a request for another purse, but need to decide what fabric to use. They want something dark, and these are the darkest I have:

Olive Green with burgundy accents


Shiny navy with orange flowers:


Navy with multi-color flowers:


Black with off-white flowers and red planters:


Purple (have some gray that matches that I could use for the interior):


and Brown:

Listed on Etsy for sale

I started these bags months ago, but just never finished them. Since I quit my job on Tuesday, I finally took the time to finish them and post them for sale.

Here's the link. It's a set of four reusable shopping bags. I have some that I use all the time and love them! These are made of heave denim-like material so are washable and will last forever! You can really load them up (if you can get the checkers to, I keep having to tell them "Fill them full! These things hold A LOT!")

Adjusted Belt Loop Bag

I adjusted the straps on the belt loop bag. Here are the new photos:





And she wanted a long strap, so she's getting a long strap (but it will be adjustable): lol



Time to go head to work!

Commissioned Belt Loop Bag

I received a request for a belt loop bag, so I worked on it yesterday. The main bag is done, and I went to find the last piece of hardware to make the strap adjustable, but couldn't find the exact piece I'm looking for at WalMart, JoAnn's Fabrics or Hobby Lobby. I did find them online, so ordered them but don't know exactly how long it will take to receive them. Anyway, here are the pictures:

Hanging:


Top (no flap):


Inside empty- there are two pockets and I also added a d-ring:


Inside - I added my wallet, phone and camera so show the room in it:


The length from the top of the hooks to the bottom of the bag is 15 inches, width is 8.5 inches.

Another ETSY sale!

My "Quilted Ballerina Diaper Bag" is on it's way to Greenville, TN!!!!

Thanks for your order, Leslie!!!!!

More pics of the Belt Loop Bag

Here are a few more pictures of the belt loop bag with the phone, camera and wallet inside. There is still plenty of room.

Wallet

Here's a wallet I made that I use. It holds my Drivers License, two debit cards and cash. You could easily put change in it, too, but I just don't like the "bulk" of change. They would be easy to make to put in the Belt Loop Bags, the only change I would make is make it all out of the same fabric and use velcro for closure.

Possible fabric for Belt Loop Bags

Here are a couple other fabrics for the Belt Loop Bags:

Pink Skulls


Faux Tooled Leather


The thing is about fabric other than leather is that they would be machine washable......

I think I'd do white in the inside of the pink and possibly white or off-white on the inside of the faux leather.

Belt Loop Bag Prototype

One of my friends on Facebook asked me if I could possibly make a "Belt Loop Bag". I researched a little bit and found a few online, could not find any patterns or tutorials though. I went to a Harley Davidson shop here in town yesterday morning to look at a few. I started one yesterday, but the design didn't turn out so well, so this one I made today. It worked out much better, but I'm still not totally sure I'm happy with it. I would add slots for credit cards/drivers licenses inside and a d-ring for keys, so I'm anxious to see what she says about it.

Here is the finished project:


This picture turned out bad, but the bag is almost 9 inches wide and 6 inches tall (without the straps, which could make it as long as 13 inches if someone wanted it that long.)


Top showing zipper under flap - I could possibly put the zipper on the outside seam instead if right underneath the flap.


Open (and empty) - it would be hard to make a "divider", but I could definately add the slots for credit card/driver license and d-ring.


Inside - I put one of our old 35mm cameras and my cell phone to show how much room there is.


Instead of making the bottom flat, I made it go to a point so it would take up less room.


And this is what I would add to the straps to use to clip it onto belt loops.


The fabric I used was an old pair of Todd's work jeans and muslin for the inside, so the finished projects would be made with better fabric and would be prettier. I could also customize them with different colored thread for the topstiching, etc. Oh, and just a little bit of velcro underneath the flap to keep it closed. And of course, I could make some that do not have the flap at all.

So I'm anxious to hear what you think, Madge!!!!

Chair Update

I went over the the Interior Design shop around the corner from where I work yesterday to see if they had some new upholstery fabric in. I think I need at least 5 yards for the chair. I have at least 3 (possibly more) of the black/floral I'm thinking of using. They still A LOT of that, but I'm not sure if I want to use it or not. They also have a lot of a brown fabric that I've made a couple purses our of, so that is also a possibility. I didn't buy any more fabric, I'm going to wait until I decide what I want to use. I did start taking it apart already, but it's been so terrible hot here, the best time to work on it would be in the mornings, but I work Monday through Friday, Saturday mornings I have to go to the bank and run errands (this week will be clothes shopping), and Sunday is church. So I guess it will sit until it cools a little - which could be OCTOBER!
But this is how far I've gotten so far - took everything off the bottom and started on the back:


This stuff really puzzled me:


Yesterday I got home at lunch and went in the office to get my laptop, and the shelves that Todd put up for me a while ago pulled out of the wall so everything fell down. Most of it fell on my table, but it's a mess and that will need to be cleaned this weekend. We'll need to get some better anchors and put them back up because I definately need the storage room!
This is what it looked like before:


This is what it looked like yesterday:

(OK, I'll be honest, it still looks that way. :D )

It's FRIDAY!!! I'm so glad. Work has been extremely slow and I'm not liking my job much. Need to decide what I want to be when I grow up (a funny thing to say when you are 43!!!!!). Todd and I have ideas, but going out on our own scares me financially. We'll see what the next six months brings us.

Have a great day, everyone!!!!

Another Thrift Shop Find!!!!

I've been going to Goodwill and the Caring Place (thrift shop) every Saturday when I'm out going to the bank and running errands. The Caring Place has quite a bit of furniture and have certain colors of tags on sale, but today when I went they had ALL the furniture 50% off! I had seen this chair there before and it was $20 and almost bought it, but always talked myself out of it. Today I decided $10 was a good deal. I met Todd there when he was on his way home from work since he had the pick up.

Here are the pictures I took - right now it's in the garage and will be until I start taking it apart.
Front:


Back:


Side and back:


I can't decide if someone has already recovered it or not. There are a couple places that are coming apart, but the bottom looks pretty good so who knows.

I bought a book at Hobby Lobby on how to recover furniture, so that will come in handy. Once I figure out how much material I need, I'll decide what to use.

This fabric I bought to make my laptop bag out of (which was never made) would possibly work on it.


Anyway, hopefully I'll be able to start tearing it apart sometime soon. As long as it's not too hot in the garage, that is. The month of July was the HOTTEST in Austin since they start keeping records back in the 1800's. And July typically isn't the hottest month.

I'd love to hear everyone's opinions on the fabric. I'm wondering if the print is too big......