Going to the Sewing Summit?

Well I am finally able with the help of my husband to go to the Sewing Summit!

Who of you are going? I will be there for Friday & Saturday but I fly home around dinner time on Saturday so I won't be there for Sunday. I think I will be helping out at the registration desk on Friday. I am tall and blonde so watch out for me and say HI! I am really friendly I promise.



I will also have my Market tote that I made with me to! I might make a name tag with my name and also the blog name since so many people know you by blog names and not your real name, which if you want to know is Darci. Dar or Darc also work too :)



I am very excited to finally be able to go and support my bff Erin! Here is to 11 years of knowing eachother. I will for sure be taking some up to date pictures of the 2 of us. We tend to take pictures of the kids when we are together and not one of eachother. The ones I have of us are really old :)

Ukulele Market bag

So I finally made the Jane Market Bag for Amber aka One Shabby Chick. I used fusible Decor Bond so the bag will stand on it's own and has more weight to it and I also make the straps 6" longer than the pattern tells you to make them.



I had asked Amber if she wanted to do our own little swap since I really wanted one of her word pillows, remember? Well I finished it up the other day and mailed it today so Amber should have it in a couple of days. Lucky for her Penelope didn't keep it, she wanted to.



On another note I signed up for the 6th round of The Pillow Talk swap, I still have not missed a round yet! This is the mosaic that I made to help my partner out.



I really need a pillow for my tv room since I have only been able to sew a couple of them for the couches and I want more. I really want some red in the pillow since that is the stand out color in the tv room but I do love scrappy. Squares, spiderwebs, wonky maverick stars are some of my favorites. I am loving a little bit on the text black & white prints that are out there now as long as it is a small amount. My house does have alot of black in it. I love quilted pillows, pillows with binding and I do think zippers are the best way to go since it keep the pillow form nice and snug. I am just putting this out there please don't feel that you have to do these things to me pillows are the best!!! I will love just about anything :)

Also the green & grey picture in the mosaic I added since my living room can totally use a pillow there too and that room is mainly green with some black & white so a white solid or grey would be great along with the green.

Also if you want another option my sewing room has a bed and can always use colorful pillows. Anything would go in this room.

I hope that little bit helps out my partner! I am excited to start stalking my partner and making something that they will love.

Market Bag's

I bought the Jane Market Bag pattern awhile ago since the bag is sooo cute! I finally got around to sewing one the last couple of days. I wanted one for myself and thought it would be perfect for my Spicing up the Kitchen partner. For some reason I had issues with the pattern, everything just went wrong for me and there was alot of un-picking but....now that I know how to make it it will be way easier.



The pattern does ask you to make the straps 21" long and I wanted mine to be longer so it would fit on my shoulder better so I made my straps 26" long. Here is a picture I took so you can see the difference the longer straps make. I don't know if I would have been able to get the bag on my shoulder if I didn't make them longer, but I think the pattern is meant for you to hold the bag so it was me wanting them longer so it will go on my shoulder.



I also added in Decor Bond iron on interfacing so the bag would stand on it's own. I love mine alot it is sooo me with all my favorite colors and some cutesy things like the Far Far Away fabric. I also decided to make the front pocket a log cabin instead of just a plain piece of fabric to make it more personal. The pattern is so great you can add in things to make the bag more your own. I ended up cutting my straps the original size and sewed them and then decided to make them longer so I added in the green dot fabric to make them longer making my straps scrappy and I love it and think I will do it on purpose next time.



This bag is for my SUTK partner and I hope she likes it! I looked up some of her favorite fabrics and I got some in here. I am also making a potholder and Erin & my tradition of our FQ apron. Hopefully I can get it all done this week.



I have been saying this week was my sewing week and on twitter I have been tweeting "Operation sewing ready to commence!" Since I plan on making me PTS pillow, Jane Market bags 4 me & me SUTK partner, potholder, FQ apron, baby quilt & all on my list this week. So lets hope I get alot more done!