Beautiful handbag from Marianne

I got some pictures from one of my customers, Marianne, last Friday. I was really surprised she did so good job on her new purse. I love the fabrics she chose, and amazing craftsmanship. Marianne's blog: picperfic.wordpress.com. You will find more beautiful works from Marianne.

Beautiful fabric arts from Lisa

Here are some beautiful art works from Lisa (enter shop). The baskets are really amazing. I love the design of each baskets with beautiful colors. They are good decorations at home or office. They are made with cotton fabrics. The small quilt is so cute. I can imagine how beautiful it is when hanging that on the wall. Really well made. Lisa, you did great job!!! 

Leather IPad Case

Last year, I made a new leather pattern for IPad 4 and Air. Ipad 3 can fits in it too. New experience and new hobby. The feedback from customers are good. I am going to make some new leather patterns this year or next year.

 

Cell phone cases from WhiteCrossDesigns

Here are two cellphone cases from WhiteCrossDesigns. I think they are so cute. 

Other bag I love from her shop. I like the green fabric and the style. It's really well made. Click the pictures to check details in her shop.

Beautiful bags from Annesbags

The most beautiful details on the bags from Annesbags. Each piece of fabric was processed by special skills and connected with each other with laces, buttons, and various styles of hand stitching.

Inside was done very well too, different fabric choices for different places. The whole bag shows Annie's excellent craftsmanship and creative designs.

Other bags I love from Annie, beautiful designs and pretty colors. 

Bags from WhiteCrossDesigns

Here are some purse, wallet and bag from WhiteCrossDesigns.  

A coin purse with a cute kitty. This coin purse is made of a new pattern in my shop. I think she did really great job. Really nice craftsmanship.

WAXED CANVAS City Bucket Bag Purse Tote. One of my favorite bag in her shop. It's so practical and beautifully made. I love the professional stitching and fabric selecting.

 Waxed Canvas Checkbook Cover with Pen Loop. Red is my favorite color. I love it at my first sight. The loop for the pen is a neat creation on the cover. I hate to search my pen in each pocket of my bag  when checking out at the register. 

Accordion wallet from LittleQuack

Here is an accordion wallet from LittleQuack's craft. Thank you so much for showing me such beautiful wallet you made. I love it so much. You did really good job. Things in the wallet look organized very well. Thank you so much again. I am looking forward to seeing more of your beautiful work.

Some vintage tags

I made some vintage tags recently. I've loved and collected vintage things for many many years. I ever made a scrapbook pages to record what I collected a couple of years ago. I am always thinking how nice if my grandpa is still alive. I'll give him my favorite ink well which is more than 100 years old from Europe. My grandpa likes practicing handwriting at his spare time. The notebooks that he used for practicing handwriting is more than 2 feet high. He ever wrote the most beautiful cursive English I've ever seen. Moreover, he also liked writing with Chinese brush with round head, not flat head I saw in stores. He used a special type of paper to practice that. He bound the papers into thick and big books. He practiced more than ten books. I ever saw them in a big drawer when I was little. These vintage tags always make me think of my grandpa.

 

How cute the kitty is!!!

 

I think he's European breed. My husband said he looked like one of his classmates in college. How funny!!

Beautiful clutches and bags from Tracey

Here are some beautiful works from Tracey (Enter her shop). The fabrics she used are so pretty and sweet. I love the colors that can cheer me up. They look like sweet and cool watermelons, apples....They were really well made. The seams on them are so straight and neat. I think she did an excellent job. Tracey, thank you so much for sharing your beautiful works with me. I love them so much. They are not only bags, but also art.

my tiny baskets

I planned to make some baskets long time ago, but it was hard to find the material to make a big one. In stores, some were made of bamboo, and some were made of special kind of grass. I love them so much. Recently I tried to make two tiny baskets with thin hemp cord and wanted to see how difficult or easy to make baskets. The hemp cord was from jewelry supplies.

The method and steps of making a basket are easy to understand, but it's a little hard to do because the hemp cord is thin and firm. It was not easy to handle. For the smaller baskets with two ears, I got two small bottles and place the hemp cord around it to get the round shape. That was so hard to keep the cord in place. I wish I had four hands. Besides, the cord was firm and I had to spray water on it from time to time to make it flexible. Making the rim of the baskets had a lot of fun because that was easier to do. I also tried basket with rectangle bottom, but I failed several times and gave up. That was too hard to make. I'll try it again some day after I figured out the correct steps. That's different from making a round-bottom basket.

Tools and supplies: thin hemp cord, spray bottle, sharp-tip tweezers, small wet towel, bottles for mold, two more hands maybe....

Cute clutch from Lisa(littlefluffyjumper)

The clutch is from Lisa. She made two of them for her two young boys. The clutch is so well sewn and the fabric is so cute. I was very glad when I knew the boys love the clutches mom made for them. Lisa, thank you so much for sharing it with me. I love it too.

A cute guy from Japan

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