MS episode 091:: Sew Pro Convention

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Sew Pro 2016 in Chicago – REGISTER NOW!

What track do you think you would like to take?

Fabric Designer 

Author

Blogger

Pattern Designer 

I think taking a little of all of them would be fun and Brenda and I chat about that on this episode.

The amazing list of teachers… this is a mega!!!!

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Also go check out Brenda from

Pink Castle Fabric Shop and Blog

And check out episode 069 of the podcast to hear another chat with Brenda!

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Sara from Sew Sweetness Shop and Blog

And check out episode 03 of the podcast to hear another chat with Sara. I think I need to have Sara on again! Wow she has done so many amazing things since that chat!

 

 

 

 

 

ModSew:: check it out, my list of must sees

Check out the sales from our sponsors and also what I am crushing on this week!

Fabric Spark is an online fabric shop in Canada. I have curated several blogger bundles for Daryl and she is ALWAYS so much fun to bounce ideas off of. I can’t say I am the best at putting a bundle together but I send her my ideas and we chat until we both love it. You can curate your own bundle this weekend for Mother’s Day and get a mystery fat quarter too! She says this is a very popular event for her shop. No promo code needed.

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I have always loved the classes I take on Creativebug. I think they are top notch and I really do make the projects and love them. I have chatted on the podcast lately about wanting to have a loom to play around with when we travel or camp. I found the amazing loom class by Annabel Wrigley on Creativebug and loved it. I was about to go purchase all of the loom materials when I spotted this loom in target for $9.99 and thought it was too good to pass up. So I can’t wait to put it to use with all of the information from Annabel’s class.

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This weekend is Mother’s Day and Creativebug is having a great sale that is too good to pass up! $25 for a year of classes and 15% off fabric.com! Go check it out. (this is an affiliate link. I do get a small commission if you sign up but I would recommend them no matter what!)

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Another sponsor of the podcast that has supported Modern Sewciety from the beginning is Fat Quarter Shop. I am always amazed at the various products Kimberly stocks but also the quilt kit and sew alongs she hosts. AND she is on youTube, you won’t be disappointed following her informative videos!

She has a new Sew Sampler subscription quilting box. I received the first box and loved it. I can’t wait to use the tools and fabric to sew up a great project.

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And I am totally crushing on Anna from Noodlehead’s Carkai Gatherer Crossbody Bag. I have a cross body that someone gifted me and I love it but I want to make my own to add and delete some things about my current bag I need! Am I the only one that thinks about the changes you can make to store bought anything?!?!

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So I will have to keep you updated… I think I am going to make one of these up very very soon. And if you haven’t visited Noodlehead‘s website well you are missing out. Anna has been on the podcast several times as well! Go take a listen to episode 078 for the latest chat.

 

ModSew:: Heather Ross patchwork Noodlehead poolside tote

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Creating is one of those things that I crave lately. I don’t know if it is because I seem to be at the computer more or what… okay that is so it. I love to pull fabric but I am a girl that sticks to lines together more than scrappy but I think with Heather Ross anything goes. I think all of her fabrics are so her and they all play well together. And I had a lot of scraps that I really wanted to use up because why hoard them? Duh because they are awesome to pet every once in a while but I shouldn’t admit that.

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If I want to make a bag there is ONE name that comes to mind always – NOODLEHEAD! Seriously Anna is a genius and all of her patterns just make sense to me. I think she is such a sweet person as well so that defiantly helps and well my bestest sewing buddy, Chen, is her biggest fan! Okay she is totally a #fangirl!

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I love that this bag is big enough that I can use it for a lot of purposes! I even made a second one for a friend who is expecting because it would be a great mom bag! I also like that I kinda just used every scrap I had to make the QAYG style front work. I am not by any means a perfectionist so there are some pieces just sewn on the front. Some are patchwork. I just love it.

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I find that so often I don’t like using fabrics I love to much because what if I use them in a project I don’t end up liking. I guess I just knew that Heather Ross fabrics and a Noodlehead pattern were just not going to be a bad idea but it doesn’t always end up with such a happy ending. Sometimes I regret it but this time I think the end result was something amazing.

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And let me be super honest. I really love when people walk in and see it and can’t believe I could make something like that. I think that is the cool thing about sewing… it kinda blows the socks off of some people. I don’t get to have that affect too much on people so I kinda like my quiet sneak attack of my handmade items. Right? Do you feel that way too sometimes?