Sew Sweetness Video+PDF Pattern: Hyacinth Bag
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Hyacinth Bag

The video for the Hyacinth Bag is now available, and I couldn't be happier - this is one of my favorite bags to carry, personally, so I know I will love to see all of the Hyacinth Bags popping up with the help of the online workshop! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTnHDen1T5Y] I wrote this pattern several years ago, so it is always fun...

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Tudor Bags for Kids

I made these bags for my kids for Valentine's Day last month, and I didn't get a chance to photograph them until now since they started using them right away! We got to visit my grandma every week and they like to take along books and games, so the bags worked out perfectly. I used my Tudor Bag pattern...

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Holland Road Bag

Today I'm pleased to show a brand new sewing pattern called the Holland Road Bag, available now in my pattern shop! This is a medium-sized bucket-style bag that features a bit of hardware on the straps and an optional fabric covered button closure (or use a magnetic snap in the lining instead!). Because this bag has fewer pattern pieces,...

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Hyacinth Bag

February is my month for the Bag of the Month Club, and I'm here today to show you the pattern that went out to club members today. This is the Hyacinth Bag!   When I was first trying to think of what type of bag to design for the club, I couldn't decide what type of bag to make at first; a...

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My Bag in Love Patchwork and Quilting

  I am pretty picky about my magazines; I like to see projects in similar fabrics that I would use myself, and I like to see interesting and unique sewing or quilting patterns. The pattern don't necessarily have to be challenging, but I'd like to see at least more than one in an issue that I could see myself making....

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The Katydid Bag

Hi everyone! Today I'm pleased to show you my Katydid Bag, as part of the Safari Moon blog hop to showcase Safari Moon by Frances Newcombe for Art Gallery Fabrics. Frances is my good friend and came to visit me here in Chicago last summer. What she can do on the computer is seriously out of this world. She...

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Fat Quarterly Issue 16 – My Scrappy Bag

Issue 16 of Fat Quarterly is out today, and I have contributed a bag sewing pattern for the issue. I don't know if you remember last year that I had asked for scraps from my readers for a bag; here is a later link with the scraps that I was sent. I'm pleased to show the bag that I made...

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Bye Bye Love Bag

Hi all! I haven't been blogging much lately, but I wanted to show you my new bag pattern that came out for the Bag of the Month Club that started on January 1st. This is an exclusive pattern that is only available for club members; besides myself, there are 5 other bag designers involved in this project, and you...

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