I was really excited when I came home from the post office yesterday and saw a box waiting by the front door. My initial reaction is always, “I don’t remember ordering anything…did I?” It was my copy of Stitch magazine, their ‘Stitch with Style’ special issue!
You can find this magazine at your favorite fabric shop, or Pink Chalk Fabrics also carries it online. It’s packed full with 43 projects, and a majority of them are for clothing and bags! Anna from Noodlehead also has a clutch in this issue…it’s the grommet clutch with the red and gray fabrics, pictured below! The dress pattern on the cover of the magazine was designed by Gretchen of Gertie’s New Blog for Better Sewing, so I am in good company!
I submitted 3 bag sketches to Stitch, back in November I believe. I figured…well, better my chances at them choosing one. I submitted a sketch before, a long time ago, but they didn’t pick it up, so I submitted them but didn’t have high hopes about it. Imagine my surprise when I got an e-mail, not too long after I turned in my finished book, saying that all 3 projects had been picked up! I couldn’t believe it!! It made quite an interesting Christmas and New Year’s, since I think the deadline was January 4th and I had about 2-3 weeks to finish all 3 patterns, haha.
I actually found out later that Stitch has a color swatch for every call for submissions, and your fabric choices are supposed to closely follow that color swatch theme. I didn’t know this at the time, but all 3 of my fabric choices somehow coincidentally followed the color scheme. I felt like a right idiot because when the editor, Amber Eden, called to discuss my projects, she asked me about my fabric choices and their color swatches, and I had no idea what the heck she was talking about. Oopsy.
So here are my projects! The first is the Strawberry Ann Grommet Bag. The grommets are on the flap, as well as the front and back of the bag, so the straps can thread through the entire bag, front to back. I used Melody Miller fabric for mine, and I chose my grommets to match the metallic text print overlay.
My next project was the Mod Convertible Bag. This bag is a tote, and as you can see from the photos below, the bag folds down into a small satchel. Really cute in these Thomas Knauer ‘Asbury’ fabrics! The handle is 1/2″ cotton cording covered in fabric and knotted at both ends.
The last project is a bag that I made to use at Quilt Market last year. I used my most favorite Echino fabrics, and the Dresden templates were by Lynne of Lily’s Quilts, from a sew along she ran forever ago. I got as far as cutting out about 60 Dresden plates and then I shelved it for some reason. I used some of those Dresdens to make my bag. It’s a large bag and perfect for carrying around a lot!
Wow, 3 in one issue? Congrats!
They are beautiful! I hope to find this magazine in stores!
Congrats Sara, they look like awesome bags – especially the grommet one!
Congratulations Sara! Great bags – of course!
Wow, girl! You’ve been busy! Congratulations!!! I’m very happy for you. Hard work is paying off. Now I have to see how I can get the issue.
Congratulations!! They all looks fantastic, I’m off to impulse buy the magazine now 🙂 My first quilty magazine!! Congrats again!
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congratulations!!! Love the echino tote!
Aaahh I’m so glad I saw your post, I didn’t realize they had posted the projects. I have several projects in this issue as well 🙂
Congratulations! That is so awesome! 🙂
So cool! Congrats! Love the fabrics on all of them!
congratulations – that is so cool 🙂
wow, congrats Sara! I really love that first one especially. (PS. I think I forgot to tell you that your giveaway is up on my blog. Ha!)
Congrats! I attempted something very,very similiar to the your mod convertible bag. Of course no where close to as nice yours came out. Those rope handles were a challenge for me.. I’m going to pick up the magazine for sure..
That is super awesome!…I saw this magazine the other day and it seemed to be calling to me…maybe because a host of my favorite sewing ladies are in there!…I have to go and get it now…Congratulations! (hearts and smiles) 🙂
So I got my issue 3 or 4 days ago and I love your designs. I spotted your name right away! I really want to make the one with the cord handles it is awesome! Congrats on getting all 3 published!
How cool is that! Congrats!
Congratulations Sara! You’ve been very busy.I’m so happy for you. I love the Dresden Bag, hope I find the magazine here in Europe!
Brilliant. Well done, they look fabulous- well, of course they do as they ARE fabulous…3 projects in one magazine…awesome- and heck, what a lot of work to do in a short space of time! x
Congrats! Great achievement!
So exciting to be published ~ congratulations!!! All the projects look great!
I always buy Stitch but haven’t ever made one of the projects. Maybe once I get caught up on all of my WIPs and BOMs that will be my project 🙂 This issue will definitely be at the top of the stack!
Congratulations!!! this is wonderful and your bags are pretty. I am going to have to start buying this magazine!
Well done you xxxx
Sara- congrats!!! Well done! But hey no surprise!!!! 🙂
Those bags are all cute. Congrats on getting all three patterns accepted.
Congrats! I love all three of those bags, especially the Dresden one. I may need to get it & make a diaper bag 🙂
wow, 3 in one mag !!
Doesn’t suprise me at all. Congrats! I know just where to find that magazine.
Congratiolations!! Great!