Yesterday I posted a photo on Facebook of a small purse and my friend Margaret asked me if I had make it with my new machine...No. I finally finished the binding of it by hand but had made the main body of it before i had gone on vacation in the Poconos where I had purchased my new machine. The VERY first thing I made with my new machine were a couple of baby bibs...thought it was a good idea to start out small. Since I had sold several bibs at the Shelburne Arts Co-op in August, more were needed. I had set myself to a few weeks ago to start using up my stash and had pulled out this jeweled toned floral/butterfly fabric thinking it would make a nice market bag. I had also found a matching dark batik whic.would make nice side connectors and straps. Also in my stash was a decent amount of this blue butterfly batik - PERFECT to use for the lining. Now all I needed were two coordinating fabrics for the pockets. I found a purplish/fuchsia fabric that not only looked nice with the anchor fabric but it too had a butterfly theme. I also had a bit of this blue fabric left over from another market bag and YES, there was enough of it for the side pockets
YUP, I have a brand spanking new sewing machine. It is a Brother NX 2000. It is completely computerize and one communicates with it via a touch screen. Being that I am not the most computer savvy person, this was a big step for me to take not only financially but also tech wise. I few week ago I went to a fiber arts show. The show was machine quilted wall hangings. I saw some very lovely work and realized that with my current machine, I would have not been able to produce the same work that these artists had.
A couple of weeks ago I decided I have too much fabric in my stash so I have set myself to make only items that use my stash up. NO NEW FABRIC unless is is necessary to coordinate it with a stash fabric to make items for the Garlic and Arts Festival, which is the last weekend in September. I went a step further today. This little purse to the left was a small wall hanging this morning. I made it several years ago and it has never sold. I turned it into a purse today. I had two fat quarters of the black print in my stash. It did make up into a very nice little purse.
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Yesterday I posted a photo on Facebook of a small purse and my friend Margaret asked me if I had make it with my new machine...No. I finally finished the binding of it by hand but had made the main body of it before i had gone on vacation in the Poconos where I had purchased my new machine. The VERY first thing I made with my new machine were a couple of baby bibs...thought it was a good idea to start out small. Since I had sold several bibs at the Shelburne Arts Co-op in August, more were needed. I had set myself to a few weeks ago to start using up my stash and had pulled out this jeweled toned floral/butterfly fabric thinking it would make a nice market bag. I had also found a matching dark batik whic.would make nice side connectors and straps. Also in my stash was a decent amount of this blue butterfly batik - PERFECT to use for the lining. Now all I needed were two coordinating fabrics for the pockets. I found a purplish/fuchsia fabric that not only looked nice with the anchor fabric but it too had a butterfly theme. I also had a bit of this blue fabric left over from another market bag and YES, there was enough of it for the side pockets
YUP, I have a brand spanking new sewing machine. It is a Brother NX 2000. It is completely computerize and one communicates with it via a touch screen. Being that I am not the most computer savvy person, this was a big step for me to take not only financially but also tech wise. I few week ago I went to a fiber arts show. The show was machine quilted wall hangings. I saw some very lovely work and realized that with my current machine, I would have not been able to produce the same work that these artists had. 
A couple of weeks ago I decided I have too much fabric in my stash so I have set myself to make only items that use my stash up. NO NEW FABRIC unless is is necessary to coordinate it with a stash fabric to make items for the Garlic and Arts Festival, which is the last weekend in September. I went a step further today. This little purse to the left was a small wall hanging this morning. I made it several years ago and it has never sold. I turned it into a purse today. I had two fat quarters of the black print in my stash. It did make up into a very nice little purse.