Checkered Chain is this week's stitch for Sharonb at http://www.pintangle.com/ I decided to see, if it would work with 3 colors. It does but is hard to pull through the fabric.
I'm using up leftover again, and Blogger decided the photo should be sideways. I had the stitched pieces and sewed them on denim from old jeans. I also had strips sewn together that became the sides. The other side is the same. At least that's one more thing out of the studio, although I do have so many totes!
I finally finished up a crazy quilt piece that has been around for a long time. The stitching is done on the machine using those decorative stitches we never know what to do with. The closure is dicroic glass button that I found at a gift shop that was going out of business. I love a bargain which it was but would prefer that the businesses would survive.
I saw a tote like this on Marie's blog http://zquilts.blogspot.com and decided I needed to make myself one. It's a pattern from www.thecreativethimble.com and has 10 pockets! Just the thing for someone who wants to organized her world. There is lots of sewing on this, but I learned several new ways to do pockets. Now, do I keep it or give it as a gift?
