Drum Roll, Please...

TA DA!!! Here it is. This is the project I did a couple weeks ago. It's called a charm bag and I used the Peas & Carrots line of fabrics from MODA. I tagged along with my mom one day to a quilt store she'd been wanting to visit. I was only hoping to find some Amy Butler fabrics and between my mom and one of the gals at the store walked out with these fabrics and pattern to make a charm bag. A little nervous, but mom, an avid quilter and seamstress walked me through it step-by-step. So fun and gratifying. I still need to add buttons-the daisy button on the front is just stuck on for the photo. Not sure what I'll end up with. The bag is made up of charm squares (4x4 precut) and is lightly quilted. It was a good first project for a beginner with a little sewing experience. The inside is lined w/ coordinating fabric with pockets for cell phone, sunglasses, etc.

This was such a fun thing to do with my mom. The second photo is the bag my mom made. She made hers using the new Anna Griffin fabrics-they are beautiful! It had been a very long time since Mom and I had done a project together. So that was an added bonus spending that time together. I'd like to try another bag on my own (I think) and might even consider tackling a quilt for Brady's bed. We'll see. You can hardly walk in the store and not want to try something. The fabrics are gorgeous. Sweet shop, too. For you locals-The Raspberry Patch in Cottleville.

Well, before I start another hobby or project I'd better try to get some completed I've already started. Hoping next Saturday to clean out my scrapbook studio so I can actually start working in there. It's crazy, but clean or not, I have a tendency to work at my kitchen table. And it's covered right now with about 5 different projects I have going so I'd better get busy getting stuff done and cleaning up.