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Totebags at Maine-ly Sewing

We had a fun day last Thursday…I taught the totebag pattern I made for Janome America (as part of their artists’ loan program, I get to use a Janome 6600 which I LOVE LOVE LOVE!). I finally got to see a copy of the magazine, the International Janome Digest, with my pattern (my copies are still on the way to me…perhaps via Antarctica!)–well Blogger didn’t turn the picture, so please tilt head to the left LOL!:

If you’d like to order a copy of this issue (which happens to be a particularly good one….many of the projects could be made on any machine, and are really clever and useful!) click here. This is what the pattern pages look like:

and:

And the long “pocket options” section can be found on-line by clicking here and clicking on the link next to the picture of *my* (!!!!) totebags (on the official website!!!! wow!)

I’m not sure how well you’ll be able to read it, but here is the table of contents…the pillow project looks way cool (again…sigh…please tip head to left!):

It was a small class but a good one: Maine-ly Sewing shopowner (the best in the state!) Marjorie and her friend Carol. Marjorie is making gifts for her three daughters (shhh…don’t tell them!) and Carol is going to use hers for going to classes. Here’s a picture of the two of them working hard… Carol at the ironing board, and Marge (cool red sweater) at the machine. Marge’s tote (the outside) is on the table to the right of the machine…if she had had any more of that lime green paisley I would have bought some (as it was, I spent almost all my earnings before I left the shop…fun!).

Carol had some wonderful loon fabric, and we found the perfect black accent from the strips…it looked like it was taken from a loon’s feathering.

I’m so psyched at how these turned out. They both learned my trickyj “invisible” outside pocket (yes, there is one facing you in that picture of the loon totebag), and were almost finished with the entire tote (and Marge ended up tending shop for a couple of hours during the class!). Well done!

Tomorrow or Wednesday, what the Frayed Edges do when we get together at Christmas-time!

One Response to “Totebags at Maine-ly Sewing”

  1. Sioux Says:

    That’s wonderful, Sarah. Love that loon tote!!