Carli The Quilter

Hello my dear followers and friends, its such a hot day here in the Bulkley Valley that I just had to stop and do a little blogging!  The fan is on and I'm grooving on another UFO.  You see I was on the hunt for my Pretty Petals small wall quilt when I discovered another bin of more UFO's.  This is the "Super Tote" by Noodlehead, I purchased this a few years ago and completely forgot about it. I was almost finished this bag when it went away to deep bowels of another bin. But I'm glad I got it complete, even if it doesn't look as sleek as the pattern photo. I like a bag with internal compartments, I need somewhere to put stuff. I must admit I found the insertion of the zipper a bit of brain banger, read that section over at least a dozen times, then still made errors in understanding what the author meant. You can read more about how it came to be here. here. I do like it and will use for an upcoming wee trip. I may ...

I need something new to swing over my shoulder and hold a ton of stuff. I few months ago, I bought  the Super Tote pattern from that sweet Anna Graham who has Noodlehead.com She is really a sweetie. I had some issues with downloading and she happily helped me work it out and get to my PDF. I appreciate that kind of customer service. I had it my mind to use 100% cotton spring colors from my stash, after all I'm still culling and using ONLY my stash as per the arrangements with the Fabricholics Anonymous. I have several bits and pieces as well as yardage in Bark cloth. I love bark cloth lets face it, I've made whole complete slipcovers for my couch and several chairs I've reupholstered. Sorry, this was  before my blog and you know its good! But I have nothing in photos to share of this adventure. I did my first slipcover back in 1985 when we as a young couple with a family on the way, we bought this old fashioned couch which had a really unique name lik...