With my fabrics in hand, it was time for design. The bag had to be practical while showcasing the artistic wave landscape I envisioned. I decided on a wave landscape crossbody bag with an adjustable strap for added convenience.

Upcycled Fabrics - Endless Shades of Orange - Upcycling means transforming discarded materials into something beautiful and useful. This concept has always resonated with me, as it embodies creativity, sustainability, and resourcefulness. I am challenging myself to see how many different things I can create with the orange fabrics that I am finding.

A treasured Japanese fabric pouch undergoing a remake to create a more practical item yet still preserve the beauty of the original fabric.

Well I finally sat down and finished stitching the crumb quilted fabric pieces.

Zippered pouches are my go to gift. They are practical and pretty. I created a zippered crumb patchwork pouch to be gifted

I love working with flowers, I don't like wearing them as much, and I don't like appliquing them on bags that I use. I made an exception this time. I wanted a rustic bag for myself.

My birthday is in January and a little girl, the daughter of the neighbours has a birthday 2 days before me and she invited me to celebrate with her. I decided to create a floral patchwork bag for her. Something tranquil, a quiet safe place for these times.

I have completed a detailed tutorial for the floral boho bag

Who says pouches that are practical can't be pretty. I have been working in these colors for the past month together with my students.

This is a study in colors for 2 boro rectangles for my zippered pouch.

Whenever my cargo pants, those that have many pockets, can't be worn as pants anymore and need to move on to their next life they become...

My neighbour asked me to come over this week and showed me her stroller bag and asked if there was any way to fix it. I told her there...

I was creating with carnival colors last week. A new fabric technique. This time it can used for art but lends itself to practical items...

I like to keep a supply of upcycled zippered pouches. I have a box with a number of them. they are my go to gift wrap, as a gift in themselves, a pouch to place jewelry in when I gift a button necklace,. a coin purse, and I also put herbal tea mixes in to gift when I go visiting friends and neighbours. More wave quilt patchwork zippered pouches made this morning with the remnants from my large wave landscape piece

As I said before, I am on a roll. All those ideas and techniques that I have in my head are being created and then put down on paper or...

I don't know how to receive a gift without reciprocating. My neighbours share produce of the best kind with me. I don't add sugar to...

Holidays are coming up soon and its time to think of gift bags. I use zippered pouches for that. My supply is running low so I decided to...

Yesterday they finished their large quilted patchwork pouch for all of their sewing supplies. The purpose of this lesson is to teach them...

They are making a large quilted patchwork pouch for all of their sewing supplies but it takes a while to complete it. In between I like...

He always comes to class with a set idea of what he wants to create, even down to the colors that he wants to use. I know my students, so...