Holy cow! Am I glad that work week is over! Come on, weekend!
I had to work until after 8 pm tonight to get my annual budget ready to be submitted. Phew! What a ton of work.
Relaxed with a little time in the sewing room and finished up this Aboriginal fabric Frankenbag. And I just LOVE it!
I’m pretty sure this bag will be living with me. I can just picture myself carrying this through an airport some day.
I love that panel of thin strips on the right side of this bag too. I’m going to doing a little more of that in future bags.
I also finished up the body of this second border collie bag. The pieced panels were already made. Tonight I made the quilt sandwiches, quilted the two panels, made the handles and assembled the outside of the bag. So all I have to do now is make the lining and sew it in.
I’m thinking I might use that bold black and white cow print for the lining. I just love that fabric! I bought about nine yards of it several years ago at a ridiculously low price. Maybe I’m the only one in the US who likes this cow print!
Today is Bender’s eighth birthday! I can’t believe he’s eight already.
This photo was taken by my friend Heather when Bender was about a year old. Heather is an amazing photographer. She loves to take photos of dogs and puppies. She took photos of Bender every week from the time I brought him home at eight weeks old until he hit the six month mark. There are a LOT of photos of bender as a puppy.
Work kept me from baking him our traditional peanut butter, carrot and honey cake tonight. I’ll make one for him in the morning.
agilejack 
Love the bag, like you I particularly love the panel on the right. Brilliant fabrics, definitely couldn’t part with this one.
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Thanks! I really love that panel on the right. Definitely going to be sewing up a few of those this weekend to put in future bags!
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Happy birthday, Bender!
I really like the Frankenbags. I have a lot of scraps from a William Morris quilt I made and will make one. Thanks for the idea.
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Oh! That will be fun! when you make your bag please send me a photo! I’d love to see it!
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Your Aboriginal bag will be the envy of everyone who sees you at the airport! The cow print lining for the next bag is a perfect fit, and that picture of your dog is one of the best I’ve seen. It looks almost like a painting. Your friend is quite the photographer!
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Thank you Tracy! I love that cow print. I think it will be really fun with that bag.
and yes… my friend is an excellent photographer! I’m really lucky to have such fantastic photos of my dogs.
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All of your bags have been wonderful and the Aboriginal fabrics are so perfect for one. That faux leather is a great contrast to those fabrics too. You have me inspired to do some smaller projects.
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Thanks Wanda. I’ve made a lot of quilt tops in the last year, but haven’t actually finished much. So it feels good to actually finish some projects.
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Amazing work! Love it all!
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Thanks! And thanks for reading my blog!
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Goodness, you have an amazing collection of Aboriginal fabrics in your latest Frankenbag!! Lovely photo of Bender sitting amongst the daisies.
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I’ve been buying pieces of Aboriginal prints for a couple of years now. Just started sewing with them this year, and I Love them! And I love that photo of Bender. I had it blown up and printed on a canvas and it hangs in my eat in kitchen.
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