Wool Tote Bag

Wool Tote Bag

Have you wondered what all the hype is about with these Wool Bag Kits?

ME TOO!!!

While in Houston I decided to pick one up and see what everyone is talking about.

As an educator for WonderFil Threads...this was probably a smart idea, since WonderFil sells these kits!  (I should probably know a little about these this kits...you think?)

These bags are already PRE CUT for you!
All the grommets are already installed!
The leather handles are included!
The snap on a leather circle is included!
Coursage pins are included...good thing, I didn't have any!
2 hand sewing needles are included!
Oh, the inside zipper pocket is already sewn on the inside!

LITERALLY...

ALL YOU DO IS BE CREATIVE!

ALL THE HARD WORK IS DONE FOR YOU!!!!

This is what the bag would look like if you just made it, without any decorations.

BUT....

There are SO MANY OPTIONS!!!

Just let your creative juices flow and you'll come up with something!  There were too many ideas rolling around in my head after I got this kit.  While roamimg around the vendors, I saw a few things I wanted to play with...and this bag was just the place to do that!

What I couldn't let go of was this Recycled Sari Silk Ribbon!

These bundles were STUNNING!!!!

This is how you purchase it, in a twisted bundle like this.  (These were not the colors of mine.)

Once I opened mine, the colors went the whole range and had a lot of variables.  In trying to get this ribbon apart, I created a beautiful mess!  There's a LOT of fabric on these things! 

I couched over it using a simple zig zag stitch and TUTTI, it's a 50wt. varigated thread WonderFil makes...super low lint!  I just went all over the bag piece and filled in as much as I could.

Here's the finished bag!

Front:

Back:

This was SO much FUN!!!  All the hard work of cutting out, setting grommets, blah, blah, blah...

was all done for me!!!

FANTASTIC!!!

YIPEEE!!!

ALL I had to do was decide how to have fun!  Then the construction was ONLY 2 seams!

DONE!!!

I ABSOLUTELY recommend you have fun making these bags!  

Sew the pieces of life together,

They make a BEAUTIFUL quilt!

Nina Clotfelter

www.ninaquilts.com

How do YOU make Lemonade?

How do YOU make Lemonade?

Have you ever had a GREAT idea....
You're SO excited you just plow right into the project idea?  (Without much planning!)

WELL....

There was this fabric I had made...
This FABULOUS idea came to me after my son proposed to his girlfriend!  I would need a Christmas stocking for her at my house!  LET'S DO THIS!

Ok, She really liked this fabric a lot, and it was made with her favorite colors in mind!  (I had NO idea what I'd ever do with this fabric...but it was super fun to make!)
OH!
OH!
Let's make her a Christmas stocking out of this really cool fabric!!!
GREAT IDEA!!!

So, I got one of our Christmas stockings out and cut around it adding a seam allowance.  

You need a FRONT

AND a BACK!

BUT...

This is what I cut in ALL my excitement about this GREAT IDEA!

 Say it with me....

2 FRONTS!!!!

Laugh with me....(after I had my "OH SH_ _!" moment)

You see...this fabric was only 21" square,
it took a while to make,
I didn't have enough fabric to make more!

LET'S MAKE LEMONADE!!!

I had told my daughter it was a shame you lost the design of the top fabric in the process of making this fabric, It really was a cool fabric with fish and starfish on it.  The little bit that was left of that fabric was JUST enough to make Lemonade with!  Now people would be able to see what the fabric looks like!  This fabric was quilted so I could then cut...

Say it with me...

 2 BACKS!

And now the 2 stockings could be made complete!!!

Why do I need 2 of the exact same stocking though?

I was going to carry her stocking with me when I teach and show as a sample...Now I have a permanent sample and a stocking that totally belongs to my precious future Daughter In Law!!!

This was a HAPPY ACCIDENT!  

Making Lemonade brings out the creative juices in us and pushes us to come up with a solution!

ENJOY YOUR LEMONADE!!!

Sew the pieces of life together,

They make a BEAUTIFUL quilt!

Nina Clotfelter

www.ninaquilt.com

What a STRANGE year...

What a STRANGE year!

I'll make this short!

I had been a caretaker for my Dad for 6.5 years...he passed August 6, 2018.
Eight months later....April 8, 2019, my Mom passed.
(They were divorced for 41 years...just saying...)

I became an educator for WonderFil Threads!
Our Daughter and family moved back to town, no longer 5 hours away...just 2 minutes away now!
Our Son is now Stateside, was in Japan for 2 years, engaged and getting married in February!

It's been emotional on many different levels, in many different ways.
I'm back to doing what I LOVE...TEACHING!
I'm booking teaching engagements into 2020 & 2021 now, and I'm super thrilled!!!
Teaching is what I was meant to do!!!

Sew the pieces of life together,
they make a BEAUTIFUL quilt!

Hope to see you soon!!!

Nina Clotfelter