Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone! 

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Cutting the lining…

So it seems like making the bags from A Bag For All Reasons is going to be a long process since I’m pretty lucky if I can find a couple of minutes a day for crafting at the moment! On Saturday however, I did manage to squeeze in a trip to Boyes to buy some lining fabric for my Backpack, then I spent all evening cutting the shapes out!

This is what my lining looks like:

Making Some Bag Progress

A while ago someone commented on an earlier post about the bags I was planning on making from A Bag for All Reasons, asking about my progress. Ashamedly, I didn’t have anything to share except another rant about how university work had halted my crafts. Well, after feeling that my crafts had been neglected for far too long, I finally have a little progress to report on! While it is nothing particularly exciting, I have at least managed to cut out the pieces for the ‘Too Cool for School’ Satchel and the 3-in-1 Convertible Backpack.

Here are the pieces ready for the satchel:

 

And here are the pieces for the backpack:

Supplies for some new crafts!

Yesterday I went shopping for some supplies for some of my latest craft projects. I needed a shopping tip because these crafts are new ones (or at least pretty new) to me and I don’t have the supplies stashed away!

My first buy was some dressmaker’s tissue paper:

The Decision Has Been Made…

On Sunday I mentioned that I had been to The Vintage Fair and picked up some lovely vintage fabrics and I was hoping to make a bag with this one:

Well, I have tracked down the pattern of the bag that I want to make! Here is is: