Weekender Tote Sew along: Finishing Touches!

I have really enjoyed the Sew along! I hope that you have too! We are finishing our Tote this week, sewing the outer shell and lining together! Everyone is finishing and adding their pictures to the Flickr group. I would love to post everyones finished Weekender Totes together so I am waiting a little bit.

If you can't wait go to Sew Spoiled Weekender Tote Project flickr group and take a peak at these amazing bags!!

If you missed this Sew Along and you would like to try making a Weekender Tote, I am thinking about hosting another Sew Along and posting some video clips as well. I am super excited about using video with my patterns!

This summer I am working on 3 new patterns the music lover, a ladybug style apron and one more! With school finishing, up I have big plans for my sewing room (painting, organizing, and stylizing).

Make sure you check below to see for you were a Sew Spoiled epattern winner! If you did not win for the month of May, then check back for the June Giveaway! There is a new giveaway each month!

Happy Sewing!

~Leah

Comments

Unknown said…

Thanks for hosting the sew-along. I've really enjoyed the relaxed pace, and have a cute bag to show for it. I've blogged about it here:
http://www.cookcleancraft.com/2010/06/sew-spoiled-sew-along-weekender-tote.html

June 2, 2010 at 8:22 PM

December Rose said…

I found your site from another blog but can't get to the tote pattern page. I get a message that the site is temporarily down - is the pattern still available for a late-comer?

Thanks,
Susan

PS Love your site!

June 3, 2010 at 3:38 PM

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