The starting point

Kim's messenger bag - Austin, Texas - 25 August 2008

So this sewing spree all started with a request from Kim for a messenger style bag, similar to the one I had made as a birthday gift for Alexa (forgot to take photos), but slightly wider. She ordered the fabric from an online fabric shop (Pink Chalk Fabrics) and had it shipped to me. I actually finished it a couple of weeks ago, but having since discovered the hardware to make the strap adjustable (thanks to Kathy of Pink Chalk Studio) Kim sent it back to me and I re-worked the strap over the weekend. I am certain she will let me know what she thinks of the improvements when it arrives in the post tomorrow or Thursday.

Enjoy the journey!

Three of Three

Three of three - Austin, Texas -25 August 2008

Two of Three

Two of Three - 25 August 2008 - Austin, Texas

Kim chose the fabrics and asked me to put this together for her as a gift for a friend. It is the second of three she requested and I finished it last week. The first can be viewed in the previous post and the third in the next. Hope they like it!

One of Three

One of Three - Austin, Texas - 18 August 2008
Be sure to click on the image for a larger view, this goes for all posted images.

Something for Mom

Messenger bag for Mom - Austin, Texas - 12 August 2008

Completed

Earflap hats - Austin, Texas - 11 August 2008

Below II

Below II - Austin, Texas - 6 August 2008

Larger version is much better, simply click on the image.

Above II

Above II - Austin, Texas - 6 August 2008

The start of the Olympics

CBC has a wonderful collection of photo galleries available online, here are links to two of them:

• The opening ceremony
• The athletes arrive (the Canadians)

Enjoy!

Above and Below

Above and below - Austin, Texas - 6 August 2008

"There are few harsher indictments against architecture than the sadness we feel at the arrival of bulldozers, for our grief is in almost all cases fuelled more by a distaste for what is to be built than by any hatred of the idea of development itself. "
~Alain de Botton, The Architecture of Happiness, pg. 265.