JAPANESE KNOT BAG

That is what Artfully Ooglebloops said they are but....


You can find these at All People Quilts and they call them Grab Bags....


Why am I showing these to you again? Well, I have done a tutorial and it is HERE. I thought that I would share what I learned and maybe make it alittle easier for those of you who want to make one. Maybe help in the process of figuring it all out and save you some time. Isn't that what we all need more of, TIME????? And...for those of you who are not interested right now...you won't have to be bothered with a long tutorial....

This was a comment that was on my last post about these bags and thought you would find it interesting.

Sue said... (you can find Sue at Alderwood quilts)
Barb- I was at Sock Summit (an amazing knitting expo in Portland, Oregon) last month and these little bags were selling like hotcakes! If you put a ball of yarn in it, and feed the yarn out through the opening (not quite zipped up) you can put the bag on your wrist and walk around and knit! WAAAAY COOL! I'm going to make one and put the zipper opening at the bottom and leave a small opening at the top (base of the zipper) so the yarn can feed out and not rub against the teeth of the zipper. And just for the record- if you start making "perfect" things- you'll just make the rest of us look bad. I love your little bags!

Well, these bags don't have a zipper and well...maybe I will put some in my little store? I have several cut out (well....if I can stop making them and giving them away)....

MEET LEFTY AND RIGHTY

Yep, this is righty!! My husband brought these back for me when he went to the States. Pat over at "A little of this and a little of Pat" suggested that I get these wrist wraps. I was telling her about my problems with my hands. My right hand is not as bad as my left, go figure?



This is lefty. Too much stippling I guess? But I won't stop...so I use these wrist wraps during the day, especially while exercing and at night when sleeping. I have noticed that my hands don't fall asleep at night when I use these and they are not as stiff in the mornings.

Oh...don't want to hear any sorry barb...it is just a part of life, I am not complaining, it is just what it is. I guess that will be my new saying now..."It is what it is" and it won't stop me. I just don't want my wrist to get so bad I have to have surgery.

NOW BACK TO THE THINGS THAT ARE REAL IMPORTANT!!

You saw yesterday's post? Well....I don't have a heap of scraps anymore...but I need your help. I went and found some trusty MODA fabric, my niece's store will have MODA fabrics real soon.

I chose a brown...now you get another sneak peak and if you went to my niece's store you will be able to figure out real easy what this is going to be. But that being said....I am working with limited resources here and so here are the options for the last border....WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHOOSE? Since one of you are going to win this, maybe it would be good if you have a choice?

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Just leave a comment!!

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Some of you are probably looking at this and saying "What the SCRAP is that?"

Well...it is my surprise for you in a few weeks....but.....I am not happy with how it is turning out, so I have already taken off two borders...you guessed it...."SCRAP"!.....going to the scrap bin.

So, if you happen to be coming by and leisurely reading my blog and want to just head on out to another blog...feel free to do so...but.....one word of advice, it would be to your advantage to comment on this. That is all I have to say about that. Don't you just love Forest Gump???

Oh, and I can tell you another thing...here is a hint,,, KONA BAY (not all those fabrics are kona bay but some are)...if you are interested in Kona bay fabrics....check out my nieces blog "INCH WORM FABRICS", infact, that is why I am making said item......for her wonderful grand opening in a few weeks (I think I can get it done before them??????).....

I think I can!!

I think I can!!

The little quilter that could!! and will!!

LADIES SEW DAY AT MY HOUSE THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE TSUNAMI

The friend that made the three quilts, well she finished them and made these two - one hour totes.


Then my other friend made this quillow, she started it one Friday and finished it the following Friday.


Don't you just love how every event is tagged for before or after the tsunai? What a point of reference.

Then "after" the tsunami, I made this quillow.

Oh yes, I am back!!! AND IT FEELS GOOD!!!

For some reason this picture turned out dull, it is a baby blue...really disappointed in it. But it really is pretty with the red hearts....would take another picture but it is on its way to Laurie.....and so if you want to read about what she is doing, just click on the button below. Also, I had to add a little material on the ends....oops!!



There are so many wonderful quilters (I call it the Quilter's heart) and Laurie has one. she is wanting to make a quilt for Terry, who's husband had a horrible accident and had to have his leg amputated. What a wonderful idea Laurie!!


AS A SIDE NOTE: I had mentioned that my niece and I were planning something big, well...the big thing is her new website INCHWORM FABRICS

It is still in the beginning stages but we thought we would share about it with you but when it comes time for the grand opening, we are going to do it up big....quilt giveaway.....fabric.....so just stay tuned and if you have a chance go by and visit.

I am just her cheerleader(wait until you see my cheerleading outfit....oh yea baby....watch out Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders....ha!! NOT!!), and help where I can...so you may see me putting things on her blog as well...but that is okay...she is my niece, I love her to pieces and want the best for her.

HOW TO MAKE A 3 COLUMN BLOG

This is so awesome, I have been working on this for months and I have found the most wonderful site that will help you do a three column blog ...click on this. Several months ago, I tried all day and then yesterday, I tried for hours and then decided to go back to google and found that site...it is awesome. Within minutes I had it up and going. I created a new blog just to test it out first. So if you are interested go there and good luck.

PILLOW CASES

These are just some of the pillowcases I have done but I just wanted to tell all of you that I am sooooooooooooooooo excited. I am getting over 13 boxes in the mail....what is even more exciting is.......what I have planned for your boxes.

I belong in the Presidency of our Womans Church organization. We had a meeting. I had a fun activity already planned for the ladies before the tsunami but while there I told the ladies that I wanted to scrap my previous idea and do a service project. Well....the light bulb went off while sitting there...it was amazing. I said, I have all these boxes coming....and continued talking .....got interrupted by "What boxes"? I had to explain about the pillowcases and clothes and hygene kits etc. Then it just snowballed from there.

We are going to actually make pillows, how awesome is that? Then we are going to make lava lava's and then a group of ladies will be sorting the clothes. Then on another day we will take the items to Leone or where ever else we feel the need. We also are going to put a few hygene kits together ourselves. How awesome is this? little did any of you know that your wonderful pillowcases would snowball into somehing so awesome. I am so excited and if i think about it, will take pictures of the actual activity.

Thanks so much to all of you for making this possible and thanks to all of you who wanted to do something but couldn't....I know that shipping can be expensive and I so appreciate the fact that you wanted to and would have..... This activity will take place October 29th. I will keep you posted.