Giveaway!

So, since I've participated in the Friday Night Sew In; I've found a lot of other fun blogs; one I've decided to follow is Sandy's in Stitches and she is having a giveaway for her one year blogiversary! If you want you can certaintly check it out!

Inspired.....

So since my last Friday Night Sew In; I've been inspired to work on and finish some other projects I've had to work on. I'm really excited too b/c the February Friday Night Sew In is on the 19th and today I went shopping with Terri to pick out the fabrics for the stuff I will be making for her baby so I will probably tackle some of that then! Plus I just got a book of projects you can sew with only one yard of fabric (thank you Terri), so I hope to be a busy little bee! :) Well, mainly I wanted to show off some of the things I tackled since the last FNSI. :)

some of the bibs I've been working on!

burp cloths

sewing machine apron! I love the fabric and this thing is so handy!

straight on

I know it's not a lot but I've been trying to pick fabrics and narrow down some projects. Will be making a cordorouy tote soon; very excited! I will post pictures of that as well!

Here are a few cute pics of Madison!

saving this for when the boyfriends come over;

she's looking at herself in the mirror and this was not a productive moment! :)

cutie!

CHEESE!!

riding a "power wheels" Harley!

with cousin Bella's build a bear's glasses! She did this on her own!

Friday Late Night Sew In Pictures, etc

I call it my Friday Late Night because I got a late start, I was under the weather for most of the day yesterday and of course got Madison to bed later than I wanted. I have lots of things I've been wanting to work on and once I sat down to start on my project I couldn't decide which one to tackle. I knew I wanted to do a bag of some kind. So I decided to go with my most recent idea of a purse I wanted to copy. I have this faux leather bag I really like, but lately I like carrying something handmade as much as I can. Not to mention sometimes when I get working on a project I sometimes get to where I want to finish it no matter what the time even though it was 4am! I guess I get a little crazy with my projects sometimes. It also made it interesting because it wasn't from a pattern or anything just ideas in my head, I had to change some things or modify my ideas or make a new idea if I goofed and did not want to fix it! I did have fun and glad I had a chance to just sit down and work on a project; I should do it more often! :) So, without further ado; here are the pictures of my purse!

the bag on the right is what I was inspired from b/c

after all was said and done; I did not make a copy! :)

bag laid out

inside of the bag; I was going to do a zipper

but decided to use my magnetic clasps instead :)

close up of the handle; I had some difficulty with it

because my first handle was too thin but

the one I went with was too wide and

I didn't want to just fold it over and

ended up making it like that on accident and

I like how it turned out because it's different!

So, let me know what you think; leave comments! I would love some comments and I will try to get more pictures of my projects up soon; as well as some of the projects I will be working on after next week. I wasn't able to do my shopping this weekend but will get it next week. Stay tuned! :)

Friday Night Sew In.....

Friday Jan 15, (today) I am going to participate in a Friday Night Sew In; what it is; a lot of bloggers are posting this on their blog and then that night will set aside some time to work on sewing, knitting whatever and post pictures Saturday and Sunday will be entered into a giveaway! It will be fun to compare notes and keep everyone in check that we've done it! Unfortunately I'm actually going shopping Saturday to buy more fabric and things and will be able to do more AFTER Friday, but I have a few things I could work on anyway. :) If you want to check out the link, here it is:
http://handmadebyheidi.blogspot.com/2009/12/giveawayand-friday-night-sew-in-for.html

So keep an eye out this weekend and I'll keep you updated what I work on! Hopefully I'll be able to post more pictures of the rest of the stuff I've been working on lately; although I have on Facebook so you could check there in the mean time! :)