Origami Drawstring Bag

I made a new bag on Sunday. I was tempted to go out and buy stuff I didn't really need so I decided that I should make something to make that need-to-spend feeling go away. On Saturday night I came across this awesome little bag and knew I wanted to make my own. I was actually going to buy a pattern from Etsy, but I decided to search for a free pattern instead. I found this Origami Drawstring Bag pattern by Mai.

The front and the back looks the same. 

Inside the outside pockets. 

My tatting supplies are making themselves at home. 

Inside the bag. 

Drawstring action. Love it! 

I hope you enjoyed my pictures. Big thanks to Mai for sharing her easy pattern.

Patti 

New Goodies - July & August

Since July was a slow month on my blog, I decided to update everything right now. I was a bit busy shopping for more craft supplies and patterns. :)

New patterns for work and some Steampunk cosplay.

Phidan modeling my new Nexus 7 tablet's box.

I came across the Craftsy site and they had a shuttle tatting class with Marilee Rockley. I wanted to sign up, but I decided to look around the internet for inspiration before I jumped into a new craft. I came across Diane's Lace-Lovin' Librarian blog. She has a lot of pretty pictures and had reviews about different tatting shuttles. Because of her reviews I decided to buy my tatting supplies from Handy Hands (www.hhtatting.com). Then I came across Heather's Tatted Treasures blog and her tutorials. With her wonderful videos I was able to learn how to tat in a few hours. I can't wait to try out new patterns!

Package from Handy Hands. My tatting supplies have arrived.

My goodies. Some threads, tatting shuttles, picot gauge, thread holder,
catalog, and newsletter. 

Pretty purple threads.

Different tatting shuttles. Clover, Lacis Sew Mate, and Starlit.

Picot gauge.

Thread holder with free Lizbeth thread.

Puppy pile up... they were tired after watching me learn how to tat lace.

My first project - butterfly! It's so tiny.

Now we're all up-to-date! I hope to work on all my different project - knit, crochet, sew, embroider, and tat. I just have to spend a day on each and finish a project before hopping to the next one. We'll see!

Patti

Crocheted Baby Sweater

So I started a new project. I'm not sure how big newborns are in size. This might be a problem since I'm crocheting a newborn sweater, but I crochet pretty tight. I knew in the back of my head that I should have gone one hook size up. Grr. Well, I'll make this my practice run and in the future I'll look up the right age to size dimensions.

Here's the link to the pattern: http://bundlesoflove.org/CrochetedBabySweater

On Ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/crocheted-baby-sweater

I will be posting pictures up but I have older pictures I need to get out from the back log of sorting through and posting up:

1. Picture from last summer.
2. Pictures from winter.
3. New pictures I took recently of Kujo.

My goal for today is to get my photos organized and up-to-date so I can feel better about myself. =)