bags Archives - Sew Sweetness

12 Sep

Zipper Tips for Bag-Making

September 12, 2015
Posted by Sara Lawson
bags, free tutorials, zippers
20 comments

Today, I'm joining in as part of the Back to School Blog Hop on Hunter's Design Studio. Sam Hunter is a brilliant teacher and quilt pattern designer, and I've purchased several of her quilt patterns (since we're Doctor Who fans in this house, both her Tardis and Dalek patterns). Sam also has a continuing campaign called We Are $ew...

18 Nov

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Sew Mama Sew Bag-Making Contest!

April 4, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
bags, big-city bags, sara lawson, sew along, sew mama sew, sew sweetness, sewing contest
3 comments

Hi everyone! I just wanted to let you know about a contest on Sew Mama Sew! This is a bag-making contest with nearly $1,000 in prizes! All you need to do is make a bag using one of my patterns (book patterns, free patterns, pdf patterns, or paper patterns). There's nearly 50 patterns to choose from. The contest is...

22 Oct

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Purse Palooza :: Pattern Review : Patchwork Bag

April 4, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
akemi Shibata Patchwork Collection, bags, japanese sewing book, pattern review, purse palooza, sewing pattern review
11 comments

This post is part of Purse Palooza 2013. For full schedule of guest post pattern reviews and prizes, click here! Penny from Sew Take a Hike has a lot of fun quilty things going on at her blog, including a page chock-full of free tutorials! Be sure to check out her blog! I am so excited that Sara asked me to participate in...

12 Jun

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Want to Take a Class with Me?

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
bags, sew sweetness, sewing class
7 comments

I'm excited to announce that I will be teaching a lecture and bag making class next month at a quilt shop in Arlington Heights, Illinois (a Chicago suburb)!! They will be held at Quilter's Destination, which is a great shop!On Friday, July 26th at 6:30pm, I will be doing an hour-long lecture about bag interfacing. The cost of this...

23 May

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Quilt Market: Tula Pink

March 31, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
2013, acacia, bags, free spirit, line, patterns, portland, quilt market, quilts, tula pink, westminster fabrics
24 comments

I'm sure you've already seen a ton of things on the internet regarding last week's Quilt Market in Portland, but I just wanted to share a few photos that I took, so I thought I'd start with Tula Pink's booth. I got the most photos of her booth than anyone else's, so it seemed like a good place to...

29 Oct

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Quilt Market: Thomas Knauer

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
amusement park print, andover fabrics, asbury, bags, dresses, frippery, peacock, quilts, thomas knauer sews
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Toddler dress made by Rachael of Imagine GnatsThomas Knauer, a fabric designer for Andover Fabrics had not one but two fabric lines on display during Quilt Market! Someone's busy!'Frippery' and 'Asbury' (in the second graphic) are both full of amazing colors and graphics. I just love the amusement park prints depicted in the 'Asbury' collections, they are so nostalgic and it's...

01 Dec

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STITCHED Sewing Video Workshops

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
bags, fabric, flowers, quilts, sewing pattern, step-by-step how to, stitched video workshops
10 comments

I was given the great pleasure to be asked to participate in the STITCHED online video workshops. This is a sewing series in which 20 different fabric artists produced sewing patterns and step-by-step videos on how to make their project.I wrote the pattern for the Fylerion Bag, which is pictured above. I made an Alice in Wonderland bag while...

07 Nov

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Ruffled Hobo Bag and a Book Review

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
bags, book review, handbags, jennifer paganelli, kay whitt, poodle, purses, ruffled hobo bag, sew serendipity studio, sewing pattern review, sewing patterns, sis boom
19 comments

I'm rolling out the book reviews lately! I'm sure you think I'm just saying this (it's really quite true), but another of my top 3 sewing pattern designers! It's Kay Whitt from Serendipity Studio! Her new book is called Sew Serendipity Bags. Her first book, Sew Serendipity, was all about clothes, and this one, as the title might lead you to believe,...

19 Apr

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Amy Butler Bags at Marshall’s

Amy Butler Lotus Tool Caddy - $6.99 at Marshall'sMy mom scored some awesome stuff at Marshall's the other day, and I wanted to tell you about it so you could check your Marshall's as well! The first picture is what she let me take home (thanks Mom, you rock!!), the Amy Butler Lotus Tool Caddy. It has an awesome...

14 Mar

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Heather Ross Quilt

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
bags, dots, free tutorial, goldfish, heather ross, kona, munki munki, obsessive crafting disorder, ocd, quilt, quilt along, solids
22 comments

I just finished my Heather Ross quilt and I couldn't be more excited! A small group of us banded together for a Heather Ross Quilt Along. Some people used other fabrics than Heather Ross, which was just fine! Everyone in the group was so supportive of each other...it was amazing! The tutorial used was the Boxed In quilt pattern by Freckled Whimsy. I...

17 Dec

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Handbag Pattern Giveaway Extravaganza

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
ali foster, bags, giveaway, handbag pattern, jenna lou designs, purses, sewing, sewing pattern, totes
113 comments

Before I get all carried away with the awesome prizes and such, I would like to give a plug for my bloggy friend Bree, who is hosting a Sew Along for Amy Butler's Style Stitches book. The Sew Along is starting in January, which gives you plenty of time to get the book if you don't already have it!...