Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Bag Review: Vintage Sheet Market Shopper from Artsy Craftsy Babe


I stalked Beki's blog when she was in the process of making this bag!  I loved it- it's roomy size, it's use of vintage sheets (my collection is probably way too big), and it's shape.  When she posted the pattern for sale, I think I might have been one of the first to buy it.  

It is easy, easy, easy!  I usually mess up something when I am constructing from a pattern.  I didn't do it on this one.  Yay!  I actually think it took me longer to cut it out than it did to sew it. A first for me.


It is roomy, for sure, and I don't mind that there is no interfacing in it.  I definitely mess things up when I add interfacing to things.  I need a class in interfacing.  Interfacing 101.  Maybe someone on Craftsy will offer one someday?  I would take that class in a heartbeat!  I just don't know how to use it properly, where, tips for using it, and examples of what kind works with what kind of projects.  Oh, off topic...



Anywho!  I love this bag.  I have one tip- when you use vintage sheets, they are definitely worn in- soft and lovely.  Sometimes when you are sewing two older ones together, it can be a bit slippery.  I recommend you use one that maybe isn't as worn as the other if you can.  It really helped with sewing this bag up easily. Or, you know, some spray starch. I always forget to use that stuff.

She has the pattern for sale here!  I love that I can immediately download these patterns and set right to work if I want. If you have a large vintage sheet collection like me, this is a great way to use up one little bit at a time and make something useful and pretty.  AND you can sell them too if you want! I really appreciate it when I buy a pattern and have permission to sell it.  I haven't actually ever sold anything yet that I have sewn, but to have the option is very nice. It seems like so much work to develop and write a pattern and I would never want to sell something that I didn't have permission to do so with first. 

I have gotten so many nice comments on this bag- and I have to say at Quilt Market Heather Ross (amazing and delightful fabric designer and crafty book writer) and Amy Smart of Diary of a Quilter (one of my favorite quilty bloggers in the universe) both noticed it was a vintage sheet and complimented it! 

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Let's Do This Thing!

My favorite person to quote- Flint Lockwood from Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. Let's do this thing!

So much has happened since I (meaningfully) blogged last. Let's see...I will run down the list.



1. Molly turned 5. Then she turned 6. Jack turned 2. Now he is 3. Sheesh, I haven't blogged for a while... And help! I forgot how challenging 3 is. Any tips for 3 year olds?



2. I was pregnant, and now we are a family of 5! Everett Marshall was born on January 23, 2013. He is a delightful baby, 4 months old, and such a great sleeper. Probably jinxing it, but I have to crow it from the rooftops. I haven't ever had a good sleeper before! It's life changing.




3. I sewed some things. I organized some things. I spray painted some things. I read books to and played with my little ones. I did mountains of laundry. I bought fabric. I went to PMQG meetings. I joined Instagram. I made some new dear friends. I went to quilt market.

That about sums it up! Stay tuned...more to come!






Saturday, March 30, 2013

Claiming my blog!

I was so sad when I heard that Google Reader was closing down. Thank goodness there are smart people out there that make it easy to transfer the blogs you follow from one reader to another. 

I chose to transfer the blogs I follow to Bloglovin' and I am so excited! I haven't had much time to read blogs for awhile. Bloglovin' makes it easy to read the blogs I love to follow. I am slowly catching up on all the posts I need to read. 

Hopefully I will soon start posting again here on Dear Spring Green! 

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