fika tote

A New Fika Tote from Quilting Studio Adventures

Is this bag sweet or what? It is a Fika Tote by Noodlehead. It's 18' wide and 15' deep. One side has two patch pockets. The other side has a large zippered pocket, perfect for a notebook or papers. The inside has a series of pockets as well.

The biggest success of this bag are the two double-headed zippers, aka purse zippers. Despite having yards of zipper tape and various zipper pulls, I always buy these zippers. But this time I figured out how to do the double headed thing! It involves offsetting the two sides of the zipper ...

added by Donna 7 months, 1 week ago. under fika tote , scraps

Scraps, Purses, New/Old Projects from Quilting Studio Adventures

So much sewing. But space has been limited. The studio has been housing some overnight guests, one for two weeks, but all is back to normal again. Because space was limited I worked with what I could get to: scraps.

These four purses for Sew Powerful are from great niece Cassidy's shower quilt. And the one in the left corner is from Sam's quilt.

The two below? again, favorite scraps. That's the last of the Periodic Table fabric. I used a lot of that for masks.

These four dotty sisters have some of my favorite fabric for ...

added by Donna 7 months, 1 week ago. under fika tote , scraps , sew powerful

Scraps and Little Things from Quilting Studio Adventures

Just as 2022 ended with a Fika Tote by Noodlehead, I started off the new year with a second one, a commission. The one of the right is mine, made with leftover bits of Yoshiko Jinzenji fabric. The one of the right has some of that lovely black with red Kanji lettering. These bags are big - 15" x 19" x 5". Very handy.

For my sister's 70th I made her a Fika tote that featured this lovely great metallic price. She liked it a lot and wondered about a check cover and credit card holder from the leftover bits ...

added by Donna 1 year, 11 months ago. under fika tote , runaround bag

And so ends 2022… from Quilting Studio Adventures

This year was such a good one in the studio. The Fika Tote by Noodlehead is my current bag crush. This one is my third, and I have two more planned. We aren't traveling much these days, so I have to find people to gift these bags to. So far my sister and Cristina are the lucky one. This bag to the left? It doesn't have an owner. Yet. What is so special about this bag is the use of some bits of Yoshiko Jinzenji fabric. I'm awaiting the arrival of small additional red fabric with Kanji ...

added by Donna 1 year, 11 months ago. under fika tote , niece , scraps

In the bleak midwinter - correction from Quilting Studio Adventures

My mom died 9 years ago December 22. It was actually 8 years ago, not 9. I had to admit to all three sibs I was wrong. Her death was welcomed and peaceful. I remember spending the next few weeks adding stitches to the quilt I was working on - and at that point I was still an emerging hand quilter. And now at this time of year in these deeply dark and cold days, I find hand stitching so comforting. A week ago I started adding stitches to this quilt. Its owner says this quilt top is 90 years old ...

added by Donna 2 years ago. under fika tote , left-handed , leftovers , sewpowerful purses

47 Purses in the Mail - and My Reward from Quilting Studio Adventures

Combined with a few purses done in August, I sent 47 purses to Sew Powerful this week. It is a great feeling of accomplishment and with such a great payoff. There was a team from Sew Powerful in Zambia last week, and they posted pictures of young ladies receiving their purses. Go to SewPowerful.org for these pictures. Along with those smiles were good reports from the various components of Sew Powerful - sewing, farming, soap making, etc. This community-driven initiative supported by the Sew Powerful army makes me know that what I do, along with hundreds of other purse makers ...

added by Donna 2 years, 2 months ago. under fika tote , jinny beyer , sew powerful

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