michellini bags

Understanding that there is a need for travel/passport bags out there I made up these little beauties. ..a couple more will follow tomorrow. The funny thing is that phrases come into my head while I am working and when I was trying to think of a title for this entry I wanted to write something about passports or travel or adventure and all I could think of was The Owl and The Pussycat. Because these two bags came out so differently using the same pattern one is the owl and the other well, you get it....


I wanted to print the poem along side these photos, but really it is just too long. so here is the link instead if you are driven to read the entire piece.


http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/pussy.html

beige vs coffee

This is the only bag so far this season that has NO RED on it anywhere....I am not sure why that is...that this one has no red and all the others do; but here it is in all it's beige glory. I really like the swirls, they remind me of my younger sister...and cream going into a cup of coffee......

Clutch or standard?

The piles of fabric surrounding me today were more than I could stand. I had to photograph some of my favorites before they were cut and sent off to a life of their own.


The purple silk embroidered in a modern sort of geometric pattern has been keeping me company for years (literally) and I decided to finally let some of it go. It is now an evening bag with black piping. The rust color with leaf pattern is a new aquisition, purchased specifically for the Arts on the Common.
The mustard colored bags were made from some yardage I picked up at Winmill Fabrics in Chinatown with Addie. There will be another full size hand bag made of this as well. The fabric is quite beautiful and I would have been happy just keeping it in my stash for a while but a girl's got to do what a girl's got to do.........so it will be at the show and hopefully sell!

More to come...

....but keep the old

These are left overs from last year, but thought they should be in the mix.....they are each appx 9" across.

Black bird fly......

This bag was really difficult to photograph. The colors just aren't coming through the way I wanted. I think the closest to the actual color is the shot of the close up of the handle. It is a bit quirky, but I like it!

and the bags continue.....

These two bags are made using the same set of fabrics. The panels were created using the 'pagoda quilt' technique of curve piecing, then each was embellished separately.

The small purse was the first experimental design using beads and surface yarn. The second bag, uses the basic pattern of the previous black and white bag. The decorative stitching is all flat machine stitching and I used different piecing techniques for this bag as there is more structure to work with. This bag also has a zip closure.

Mama's Got a Brand New Bag!

Preparing for the Arts on the Common in Burlington later this month, I thought that a new bag should be added to the repertoire. This one is adapted from (yet another) Threads article. Remnants, remnants, remnants....not a bad outcome from the reject table at Fabric Place!

More to come.