Yesterday's finish...fun colors!

I'm still fighting exhaustion and congestion, it's almost been a full week now of part time work due to not feeling the best, but I think maybe that made yesterday's finish even more fun/appreciated!

Super colorful Vivian Traveler (my tenth Vivian so far) in Dr Who prints. 

What do you think about this one?

                   

And inside the two zip pockets is yet another print, but I didn't get a pic of it. Or of ms Heather's face when she got it. She couldn't look away, she was so excited!  I think she plans on using it as her new school bag. And the quilting on this looks so cool!

Under the weather...

Ok, just as a side note...that is a really funny thing to say ("under the weather"). If I stop and think about it, I honestly don't get it. But, that's beside the point. 

Production has been low around here. Last week I had a sick kiddo, and then by Friday night I wasn't feeling good either. She's bounced back, and I'm still struggling.

I did manage to get a special Vivian traveler made on Thursday. That I absolutely love the way it turned out. This is my third one out of Angela Walters' Fragmental panels, one in each color way, and we surprised her business manager with it. ⬇️

I love the free motion flowers on it!  And Ruth was definitely surprised! 

I ended up working on Friday's bag organizers off and on all weekend before finishing them up yesterday. But it felt great to have them restocked and listed in the etsy shop again. 

Two larges and two mediums. 

I also snuck in a little time to work on this quilt top 👇

...and got all the outer borders on it. Now I just need to piece the back and have a blast free motion quilting it. That will be a fun couple of Sunday night's worth of sewing. :)

I only got one bag cut/prepped yesterday, and then instead of completing it today, I only had enough energy to quilt the pieces and make the vinyl piping... But it should be another fun Vivian traveler when it's done!

I went to the minute clinic tonight and was diagnosed with sinus congestion and told to watch out for signs of a sinus infection and pneumonia...and told to come back in 3-5 days if I don't see improvements. Afrin nasal spray and Mucinex are hopefully going to do what DayQuil/NyQuil weren't. Oh, and I'm not supposed to take DayQuil/NyQuil anymore because my blood pressure was high (something I don't normally have trouble with). 

I was really hoping to have time/energy this last weekend to work on a bag pattern idea that's rattling around in my head....one I'm hoping to maybe even teach a class on...but it didn't happen. Maybe someday soon!

For now, I need to cut myself some slack and just do what I can. 

And here are pics of the Soft Dreams quilt

In my last post, I shared that I was waiting for this lap quilt to get out of the dryer. Well, here she is...fabric is P@B Textiles' Soft Dreams fabric line. Pieced last year when I made the bag set for them. 

Hey mom, look at this!

I was talking to my mom on the phone about one of my latest bags that I'm super excited about and realized I hadn't blogged in forever to actually show her pictures. And I'm still super exited about this bag. 

It's the Tech Travel Bag pattern by charmed Liebling and I love everything about it. I chose to quilt my bag pieces, and the removable tablet sleeve pieces, and I put rectangle rings on each side of the tablet sleeve so that I could actually hook it into the bag or give it a strap to be carried by itself. When it's not in the purse, the hooks can be used for keys and other items you don't want loose in the bag. Besides quilting the pieces, I also changed it up a little by making the flap and straps out of faux leather rather than cotton. This bag is gorgeous!

Even the back is stunning!

What do you think?

Here are the other bags I've made so far this month...

This one is at Angela Walter's shop in downtown Liberty, MO. One of my first two bags to be in a brick and mortar shop. 

Coraline clutch 

Custom order xl Fiona wallet. 

18 new cellphone wallets, 5 of which sold as soon as I listed them on etsy. 

Custom purse with matchin Fiona wallet. 

Another custom purse with matching Fiona wallet. 

Faux leather custom cross shoulder bag. 

This gorgeous dragonfly Vivian handbag was one of two custom bags made for a customer...but i guess I never took a picture of the Raiders one. 

And that catches is up to today. I have had my youngest home sick from school, and.not been very productive. But I did sneak in some free motion quilting time and finished the Soft Dreams quilt...but I don't have a pic yet...it's in the dryer. 

Loving the way this year has started and all the fun custom orders!