arancione tote

arancione tote
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Love orange hand bags and this designer has made a new silohette and a new handle treatment. I was a little irked watching Project Runway this week when Heidi said that one of the dresses looked "home sewn." Suddenly I thought that all of my home sewn stuff looked shoddy and silly. Then I see a bag like this one and I revel in the creativity of it all.

Martha S. made a rug out of that handle material several years ago. It's a binding tape for rugs, I believe.

Making Softies from Aranzi Aronzo

My husband gave me the book Fun Dolls by Aronzo Aranzi for Christmas. I can't believe he remembered from the time I picked it up at Barnes and Noble and said, "If you're looking for a gift for me, here's an idea." Anyway, I have made two of the patterns -- purposely choosing two that did not need pattern enlargement. I also made one of the "unmotivated kids" for my friend's daughter, though it still needs a face. I'm often guilty of being a 90%er. I made the whole softie, but not the face. Or, in the case of this dog, I made and stuffed the tail and now I can't put my hands on it to sew it on. Yes, it's a tail-less puppy. Hopefully not a tale-less one.

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Bend-the-Rules Blogging

Here's a tote I made from Last Minute Patchwork Gifts which really was beyond the last minute. The gift is for Christmas. It is almost February. That may be beyond last minute. I made a coordinating one for little sister out of a different piece of the same IKEA fabric. The second tote comes from the amazing Amy Karol book, Bend the Rules Sewing. I'm feeling a bit obsessed with her book right now. I think I might have to make everything in it. Like that woman who cooked everything from Julia Child's book and blogged about it and then wrote her own book about it.

I was a knitter. Now, I'm sewer. I'm definitly a serial crafter. I get REALLY into something and then slap, dash, for some reason, one day, something else starts to tickle my fancy and before you know it, I'm INTO it. I can't say I'm all that talented. But, and the average person would never guess, I get really into it. I'm into bags and totes right now. And fabric in general.

I like to make things. It's my way of expressing myself. Of unleashing that part of me that always wishes she were a real artist. Of staying in touch with that little girl I used to be who would spend hours on the floor lost in some kind of art project when she was supposed to be cleaning her room.

Sigh.

Some things never change.