Owl Bag

I just love owls and have wanted to make
an owl bag for a while.
This is what I came up with first.

I used yoyos and buttons for the eyes
and I had an antique plastic belt buckle
that I use for the beak. I attached it
to the quilted head piece that made
a flap for the bag.

I quilted the wings and used prairie points
for the chest feathers and made an
outside pocket. I also quilted the
piece for the tail. It seemed to look
kinda fishy because of the prairie
points and tail and it was long
and narrow. The next one will be
shorter and wider but I know what
to do now! But I still like it.

Some Finishes!

This is my small scrap pumpkin quilt.

This is a fall bag I made and use as a small
craft project bag.

I made this out of upholstery samples
using a pattern from a tutorial on
a blog that I can't seem to find at
the moment!

And this is little Emma with her 'Dorothy'
Raggedy Ann!


Have a great day....Carlie

Men's Tie Handbag

I have a good friend who gave me a bag of ties and when I saw a really cute bag made from ties at a quilt show I decided to try my hand at one. I used 6 ties and opened them out, leaving the large part at the bottom so as to still look like ties. Then I used the smaller end at the top for the tabs with buttons. After sewing them together I used crazy quilt embroidery on the seams.

I used two pieces for the pocket and embroidered it. I have had a lot of compliments on it.

I collect old sewing items and have two tin can pincushion
chairs...just sticking to my pincushion theme!!!!