The Jeans Purse

Today was such a glorious day. I say this because it was a complete waste of time. Nothing I did today had any rhyme or reason. I just did whatever I felt like. The Hubby decided to work from home today. So I new there would be someone in the house if the offspring needed something and I could just head out and get something done or get nothing done and just socialize. I decided that I would head up to the loft and clean off the new workstation. Ever since the day I put it in I have piled things on it because I am trying to organize the room and clean it up so I have been making piles. Now it's covered in stuff and impossible to work in there. Yesterday I did complete several sewing projects and showed you many of them. Here is one that I forgot to show you. These are my completed blocks for the Guild raffle quilt. Guild meeting is Monday and I wanted to be able to say I finished mine and no one is waiting on me.

I think they turned out great. Trish and Irma did a great job picking out the batiks and making the block really easy for everyone. Sometimes group projects can be so hard. I like that this one is so simple. It took about 5 minutes to make both blocks. Also nice. With all the other Guild projects that we do I didn't really want to spend a lot of time on the raffle quilt. It would be different if it were the President's blocks or something special like that. I clean up in the loft today and then decided to take and shower and see if I could scoot out of the house unnoticed for the day. I took all the newspaper ads and decided to make the SCHOOL SUPPLY shopping trip my excuse to get an afternoon to myself. Hubby was working and on the phone when I left and seemed to be busy all day so my plan worked this time. I found this cute little wonder of nature today in my grapes. I thought this looked like a little flower today and took a picture. Just trying to get used to photo documentation and this blog thing. Enjoy!

My Mom called last week with a great deal from her fabric distributor. All the sandwashed twill colors and fabric were on sale and each bolt were $2.50/yard. I decided that for shorts and pants for thr boys and shorts for me. Maybe even some quilt bags.... I had to have it. Purchased five bolts of fabric and made the BIG BOY some shorts to wear before we went on vacation. If any of you quilting friends of mine are looking to make something for yourself of the sort and need some twill let me know. I have plenty as you can see and plenty of colors.

I also took this photo of the new workstation that I put in the loft. Hubby bought this for me right after I drew a diagram of one that I wanted him to make me out of wood to hold my big cutting mat and BIG BOARD. Hubby decided that it would be cheaper to purchase one from a local unfinished furniture store. This unit happens to be two kitchen workstations placed back-to-back with the "bar" area facing each other. That's why there are curves on the side. Lots of shelves and storage and four drawers per unit. This was perfect for what I needed and as usual hubby was right. Everything fits great. Soon I will be able get all the storage units on the far wall into smaller containers and stored underneath in the cabinets. Then I can put up all the tables and have all my sewing machines out along the room. The space is a little small but having everything in its place in completely worth it and when the table go in there will be a little more room. Let me know how you like the look.

Before I forget to tell you... I told this story today while I was out with the girls and while it may not seem that funny to you it sure did tickle me at the time. I was in line at a fabric store yesterday purchasing some magazines when I noticed that the woman in front of me had a handmade purse made from a pair of jeans. I love quilted bags and was checking it out. What got me tickled was the actual site of the bag next to the maker. This particular crafter had taken a pair of jeans and cut the legs off. She took the crotch seam out and sewed the bottom together to make the purse. What was great was that she had taken an embroidery machine and decorated the purse with embroidery on the pockets and hot fix jewels to dress the thing up. It was a really cute idea. I had seen similar bags before but I like the way she decorated this one. Here is the funny part and make this note to yourself if you ever try this. What actually got my attention at first was the fact that when this crafter made her bag she neglected to put any stiffener of any kind in the bag and she made the handle really long so the bag hung really low at about her waistline. Then she put just about everything she could fit inside that bag. So picture the butt end of a pair of jeans (stuffed to the gills and bulging) hanging right next to your own butt which is also clad in jeans (which is also bulging). It looked like she had two great big butts. I started to chuckle and apparently it was loud enough that she turned around to see what I was laughing at. I told her that I was admiring her bag and started to talk to her about it. Of course I didn't tell her that she was walking around with two butts ... but I did make a mental note-to-self to make my jeans purse out of kids-sized jeans and use a much shorter handle. Maybe even some timtex to make it stand up and act as a "girdle" of sorts. There's your amusement for the day. Tomorrow I will try to post at least one photo of Eeyore from Camp Motorsport where he went with Hubby this past weekend. Apparently a great time was had by all. Happy Quilting All.