Spring is on its way!

I am so excited that Spring is on its way, soon to be followed by summer, my favorite season!  I took my first run outside last week, it can only get better from here on out.  With spring and summer comes lots of events.  I am throwing my friend a baby shower in May (check back to see all the cool baby stuff I am making for it).  As well there are lots of weddings this summer (which I love).  

In all of this I am trying to plan another purse party spring edition.  I am making it my goal to have it in late May, possibly Sunday the 24th.  Once I set a final date I will be sure to post about it.  For that party I am going to try to have more beach bags, clutches, baby bags/blankets  and anything else you can think of for summer. 

I hope everyone can come!

Thanks!  

Busy Busy Busy

I feel like I have been so busy lately between, work and sewing, trying to keep up with working out as well as trying to sleep!  Blogging just seems to be pushed to the back burner.  So here is an update on some of the MANY projects I have been working on. 

I made a bag out of this red fabric and as soon as my friend Margaret saw it she feel in love!  So she wanted me to make her a clutch for all of the black and white dresses that she wears.

My friend Anne is going to Maui this month and she wanted a beach bag to carry all of her stuff to and from the beach.  Her favorite color is pink so we went to the store and she picked out this floral pattern that she loved and I found this great striped pink fabric to go with it.  This bag literally looks like pepto-bismol exploded all over it and she loves it! She also had me make a matching camera case to go with it since her first all pink one got lost or taken because it was so darn cute!

Last Wednesday was a big day.  I learned how to make simple A-line skirts!  This is the very first one I made, with yours truly as the model.  I can not WAIT for summer!  I am working on making a slew of these so I have a whole new wardrobe!  I never thought it would be so easy to make clothing but now I am figuring it out.

My boss' birthday was in January and for her gift I made her this great shoe bag.  She always carries her shoes to work so that they don't get ruined in the nasty winter weather.  Her favorite color is orange so I pulled together some of the great orange scraps I had and this is how it turned out.  She loved it and is making great use out of it.

Finally I used some of the left over pink fabric from Anne's bag to make a camera case for Tina's sister.  I love how the stripe is so simple.

I have also been helping Niki out repairing nearly ALL of her pants and I am not joking.  I am hemming or re-hemming 6 pairs of her pants, as well as a sweater.  I have never seen so many pants in disrepair!  I think she even has more for me in her closet she hasn't brought to me.   

Besides these projects that I have finished, I cut a bunch of things for other projects on my list and I plan on spending all day Wednesday working on them.  I won't have anything better to do since it will be freezing out!  Hopefully I will be good and blog about them right after I finish them.  

Have a great week!