Thought you might like to see a few more bags I have made;this one was in a magazine a few years ago, Homespun I think, the little angel doll was quite fiddly to make but she is so sweet and the bag is a handy size....

It is a Rosie Quinlan design.... it would make up quickly with the jelly rolls we have these days, I used the old fashioned method of cutting individual strips.... well worth the effort.

The fabric for this bag I bought at Mandeni (beautiful embroidery shop) just out of Merimbula, NSW again quite a few years ago, this shop is well worth a visit, it has a great range of threads, patterns, cross-stitches, tapestry etc. and in the toilet there are gorgeous cross-stitches of native flowers that I loved...

its a good large size bag with lots of pockets too....

This is my Sunday bag a great size for going to workshops

This is my gorgeous Cinderberry stitches bag, it was fun to make with the embroidery and yo yos....

This was a bag I made just because I liked the fabrics and the design I think it was a Butterick pattern...

My dear friend gave me this last Christmas 07 so I could take my sewing on the boat and it wouldn't get wet, she doesn't realise you don't get wet on our boat unless you choose to....LOL... this is the same friend who tells me you need a bag for every UFO.. so thats a lot of bags for me... hehe...

Hmmm I wonder whats in this bag... another post I will show you... ps I love the apple fabric these bags are made from.....

This is one of my favourite bags... the small Bow bag, I use it all the time when I go out, just the right size for keys, phone,hanky and wallet.... I get lots of comments on it

This bag another girl friend made for me again to take on the boat and to the beach... she does lots of machine embroidery hence the cool lady on the front and the back.....

She chose my favourite colours....

Don't you just love the plaited handles.....

And lastly this little bag is for taking to craft shows, just enough room for phone, keys and cards very handy, haven't tested it out yet.... plan to use it when I go to craft show in February in Melbourne....

Well it is warm again today 33-34'C which gives me a good reason to stay inside where its a bit cooler although it really isn't that bad.
We had a lovely trip on Friday to visit BIL and his wife at their holiday house on the lower south coast of NSW, about five hours away, the weather was perfect, we went for a run out to sea in their boat on Saturday,which was exciting for me (DH and the other two all go offshore fishing so they are used to it) and I didn't even feel seasick.... hmmm maybe I could go fishing.... think I would rather sew. We left about lunchtime yesterday and had a leisurely drive home, another perfect day
I did manage to put a few stitches in my Truly Scrumptious block I'm carting around everywhere with me, so its nearly finished.... I've only got eight to go..... another wisp.
I had better go and work on my project I am trying to finish for January.

Well after reading about the "One Project a Month" Challenge I have signed up and hopefully I will finish a few more things off my ufo list than I did last year, think I only managed two projects last year....very slack.
Happened to mention my plan to DH at lunchtime today and quick as a wink he said do you realise we are halfway through January now and realistically because we are going away this weekend and probably the long weekend as well that leaves about 10 days ..... I told him I can sew in the car and on the boat but he just chuckled as he left.... so there is some more incentive for me to get going and finish something. Better go and stitch some borders onto a Christmas wall hanging I started in 2007 and see how I go.

Happy new year everybody, I hope everyone has had a lovely Christmas and a good start to 2009, mine has been busy not with sewing unfortunately,
my sister and I threw a surprise birthday party for our mum yesterday at our place she turned 71 and she loved it... just with close family and friends....
and you know the way it goes left on boxing day for six days away on our boat.. very nice and relaxing... came home new years day to go to a wedding in melb on the 2nd... thanks SIL....
then had the week to put away Christmas deckies and to clean house and yard and prepare food for the party yesterday, so today I'm just pottering around in my lovely clean house and garden feeling a bit ga-ga, too wrung out to sew maybe tomorrow I will stitch something...
This year I have decided to make this a finishing year by writing a fresh to do list for my sewing so I can stay on track and finish a few things! No 1 on the list is my angel story quilt....
Also we have changed from adsl to wireless which I am excited about... now I can blog anywhere, inside or outside should be much more convenient, I won't be stuck in the study all the time...
Anyway I better go and start writing this list and I have a lot of blogs to catch up with as well , happy stitching everyone, Sheryl

Well it is here... no more time to shop, sew or procrastinate... hooray now we can sit back and enjoy the festive season... LOL as if we can do that ....
Well not just yet, first we will entertain a few Friends and family coming over for Christmas drinks tonight.
Then tomorrow we will have breakfast with our children and a few pressies... I wonder if santa still comes when your a grown-up..... lucky we all still BELIEVE at our house.
After that we are all going over to hubby's sister's place and will have lunch with his family... there will be 33 of us this year...phew glad it is her turn....
Then we will come home and have Christmas night with my family ....just 9 of us so that will be easy and somewhere in the middle of all this I have to pack clothes and food and my sewing of course (all ready packed... got to have your priorities right..) LOL so we can go away Boxing day until Jan 5th....
Anyway I would like to wish all my blogging friends a very Merry Christmas and a happy and safe New Year ...Sheryl
I will catch up with you all in 2009.

While I get myself organised for Christmas, I will post some pics of a parcel I received in the mail last week... I had seen this project idea when it first came out a few months ago and I decided I wasn't going to put my name down for it because I have a few other projects on the go... you know how it goes.... then I saw photos on other blogs and thought how cute these are and I gave in......

I just love getting parcels in the mail... feels like it is your birthday every time..LOL

So now I have to decide which bag to put this project in to cart it around....

this old thing that I made 5 or 6 years ago..... it was a kit from the patchwork shop in Narooma, NSW....

or maybe this bag.... made this 3 or 4 years ago, it was a kit from Candleberry Country
in Yarragon, Victoria....

or I might just use my most recent bag made from charm squares using a pattern a stitching friend gave me....

Another stitching friend says you need a bag , basket or box or something nice to store your projects in as you go and as you would all know thats a lot of bags, baskets and boxes...LOL

Right now... I am off to sort my Christmas stuff out.

Finally got a chance to take some photos of our pretty little Phoebe; this is how Phoebe looks through the colder times of the year in her very warm luxurious fur coat..... but it is rather difficult to be comfortable in the heat of Summer in a fur coat.....so she has had a hair cut the last two Summers and she loves it ....

she is helping me photograph some of my bags I have made over the years.... she was probably thinking whats all this stuff in my way, where am I going to sit in the middle of Mum's sewing bench.....

her hair is growing back quickly, she may need another hair cut before the Summer is finished