I finally have my first "Foldover Tote" in the shop. Took me long enough, didn't it? I finished it just before we left on our weekend jaunt and then got to the pictures and listing yesterday. For technical reasons (a snap that needs to be put on the top that I didn't do on the larger bag, but should have), I decided to leave out the quilted top, even though so many of you liked it. I'm thinking of offering a custom tote and making the quilted top an option. This is the medium size and I'm doing something a little differently this time - I'll be making this one to order. The one I took a picture of is actually already sold to someone here locally. I'll still do some of these as ready-made, but I wanted to give this way a try. This one is from some great Joel Dewberry fabric (p.s. did you see his new home dec line? great stuff!) which brings me to my next item of business.
This I should have done much sooner but with one thing or another I just haven't gotten around to it - my friend Melanie and I opened up a fabric shop on Etsy - JM Fabrics. Mel has been making bags and selling them locally (hopefully she'll be up on Etsy soon - she's got some great stuff) for about as long as I've been on Etsy. We started ordering our fabric together and we decided to open a shop to try to help us move through our bolts a little faster. It's been up for a little while and our inventory will probably stay fairly limited, but you'll definitely be able to find a lot of the fabrics I use and we are hoping to offer some quilt kits and other items in the future. These fat quarter sets are the latest additions to the shop (thanks for the pics Sandi!).
Well, I hope you all are having a better time fighting off the winter blues than I am and I hope that some of you are starting to see warmer temps! I can't wait until it's warm enough to take a run outside. I've found a training partner for my half marathon (hi Tricia!), we chose a race, and I'm excited to get going on training. We've been going to the local high school at night to run the halls and lift weights (we bribe the janitor with cookies and he opens up the weight room for us), but I can't wait to get some air in my lungs and run outside!
I love the fabric on the new bag.
Congrats on deciding on a race to run. Good luck training!
Posted by: Christina | February 20, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Oh goodness! You are killing me with all these great things!
Posted by: Mary | February 20, 2008 at 05:35 PM
What? Your running in the local HS after hours, not the mall? :) I can't believe you've stooped to bribing with cookies. (Ok, I can.) My Uncle ran that race in 2006. (maybe many other years also)
Posted by: Karen | February 21, 2008 at 07:23 AM
Hello! It is my first time to visit your blog and wow...what beautiful handmade stuff! I love it! I am a big fan of the amy butler fabric. :) Ill be back again to visit.
Posted by: Stephanie | February 22, 2008 at 06:41 AM