Just wondering if anyone else is into the whole vintage bag thing as well as making their own?!

Here are two new additions to my vintage bag collection I found this week while perusing at River City Trading Post in Jenks, OK. This bring my collection to a whopping total of 5! (mainly because I am too cheap to spend much!) After a bit of research I found out the box purse on top is by Dorset Rex, Fifth Avenue… a 1950’s find. It was instant love with this one! I was amazed that the clear plastic was in pretty good shape. The tote on the bottom has no markings but was so glittery, unique, and endearing, but I still carried around for awhile before making the big decision! Ha! No buyers remorse at all- ready to go back soon!

-ellen

So happy to find out the latest issue of Sew News Magazine features my studio in an interview for their Designer Digs column! My thanks to editor Beth Bradley, and to my husband Mike, who in a moment of panic snapped this photo of me just in time to beat their deadline! Phew!

Hello! Very excited to add this new fresh item to my store’s offerings! I am calling it the ”Enchanting Coquette” Bag Kit since it is made from my Enchanted Damask fabric design! This kit will be offered in a small Limited Edition~

The kit includes the Coquette Pattern and Handle Set in Antique Brass, plus the 4 project size pieces of fabric to make this cutie! ( I hope to find more of this ribbon so I can include it as well. ) Yardage of this fabric in several other colorways is in the production process, so please stay tuned!! Can’t wait til it arrives.

PS- want to add that the Coquette bag handle is removeable, so it can be used as a clutch, or you can attach a chain per our pattern instructions!

have a great weekend~  and thanks for stopping in!

-ellen

Hello! Had to check back through m previous posts to see if I had ever written about my Fabric Clock Set! It has been on my mind since it has received press recently in the latest “Vogue Patterns Magazine”, (What a classy mag!) in their Editor’s Choice column. Thanks so much, Vogue! You can participate in a drawing sponsored by Vogue to win a Fabric Clock Set of your own! See page 7!

 Don’t know how I let this fun kit slip past the Blog!   The creative possibilities overwhelm me with this kit! If I only had time to sit down and make all my clock ideas! Here are few: the obvious- make one for your sewing room, coordinate it to a quilt in a bedroom, or in a child’s room with a cute juvenile print or with their favorite character, or in the kitchen using a kitschy 50’s print, or in a teens room with a cool retro theme fabric, or as a gift to a friend using their fav fabric! Just another way for us fabric junkies to spread our obsession cleverly to every room!

-ellen