bagging

Pay close attention to today's blog post because as well as writing stuff about stuff I've been making, I'm also going to attempt a magic (abracadabra) trick.

I've been 'bagging' recently and it's all Jeni's fault with her fantastic free tutorial to make highly useful and addictive drawstring bags.  I made a couple a while ago but as these are now employed full time to hold my collection of thread spools and trims, I decided to make just one more to hold my cross stitch project so that I don't start each month trying to remember where I left it last month (took me a while this month I can tell you).  

I decided that a foxy cross stitch bag was in order and modified the pattern very slightly to use just one fabric for the front because I'm lazy about these kinds of things frankly.  The foxy bag was made and I decided not to stop just now because it had got me all in the 'baggy' mood and I needed to make more. 

My daughters convinced me that buying Jeni's pattern to make this bag in multiple sizes was well worth the money (because it's my money being spent not theirs and therefore everything is always worth the money in their little eyes).  As soon as the pattern was bought they convinced me I had to make them the laundry bag first because it would be well worth it as it would keep all their dirty clothes nicely tidy and out of sight - you can imagine what music this was to my ears, I snipped and stitched away with dreams of tidy bedrooms wafting brightly through my brain. 

And then I stitched up some teeeny weeeny bags to make a cute baggy family of practicality.

I lovingly hung the drawstring of the new laundry bag over the head of the bedstead and waited for it to work its magic.  And you know -  they they have stuck to their word and I know longer have to avoid looking at the floor or walk in to their room with my eyes closed to avoid disappointment.

But that is not the magic I was waffling on about at the beginning.

This is - you see it's a magic bag, you put your cross stitch into it while you write your blog post and dat dah da daahhhhh when you take it out again it is done for you!!  Incredible but true.

Comments

[Jeni]

Ahhh! Look at all your yummy bags! They're all so sweet Aneela!!

I'm not sure if my cross stitch bag is magic though! I think it's the foxes! ;)

[Tiffany]

I have been seeing these little bags everywhere and have liked several of them but your fox bag is making me think i REALLY need this pattern and of course some yardage of those foxes when it is released... but I already knew that ;-)

[Mary]

Haha I ummed and ahhed over buying the pattern too, I eventually bought it and within a week had made 4 different size bags! It is wonderful!

[Dianne]

love your cute little baggy family!

[Hildy]

You're sure that the magic works? That if I put my cross-stitch desserts in this magic bag it'll show up next month with the march dessert already stitchted? I doubt that;-) but nice I'm keeping mine in an ugly plastic bag I'll give Jeni's bag a try. The tutorial is on my list since a while (sadly, but true I didn't make one of it till now).
Hildy

[Ulla's Quilt World]

Your quilts/crafts are so fantastic! It's so nice to find other quilters all around the world!
www.quiltworld2.blogspot.com
Hugs, Ulla (from Finland)

[Treadlemusic.wordpress.com]

Love those bags and, yes, I, also, believe it's the foxes that provide the "magic"!lol! Just popped over to the tute and will definitely be making this later today.....first, I must continue on the quilt I started yesterday. Thanks so much for the inspiration.....And, I must add, I DO have "chair envy"!!!!! Hugs, Doreen

[KimwithaK]

I desperately need a magic bag!!! lol!
Your's are adorable!

[Heather]

Love the bags! I can't wait to get my hands on the yardage of your new fabric line. I just love the prints! :)

[Tiara]

Definitely need one of those magicial bags :)

[ina]

lol @ 'it's always worth it when it's my money'. how true, how true.

secondly, have you thought about selling those magic bags on QVC? you could probably retire on the money! ;p

[Katy]

Lol, love magic bags like that!

[Archie the wonder dog]

Love your magic bags! When you take out the clothes are they washed and ironed?!!

[Trudi]

Love the bags, but wait til your girls are older, the disappearing act tends to fail aroud the teenage years! lol Love their duvet covers :)

[Flying Blind]

You are a loon, but the bags are great!

[Jane]

Ah that would be those cunning foxes - not many people know that foxes are avid cross stitchers!

[charlotte]

Okay, I want a magic bag too. It could help me get my projects done more quickly. Is it the foxes that do it? I must get some.

[traceyjay]

such a cute and happy blog post. :) Fun projects!

(though I need a magic bag that will cover my whole house and everything will come out clean....

[Maria do Carmo Pezzuto]

Raposas trabalhadeiras,não?Acho que vou fazer essas para cada comodo da casa,na minha cama tem ter pelo menos duas de cada lado...Adorei encontrar aqui, ULLA MUNDIAL,divindade essa moça,não?BEIJOS E BENÇÃOS.

[Meredithe]

Wow! I need one of those magic bags!!

[Ute]

Truly, those bags are magic! Your readers (me included) all want a bag which does all the chores. Are the sly 'ole foxes the ones who work the magic or is it your pixie dust?

[Personalised Hoodies]

These really are most beautiful bags I've ever seen.

[Zoe]

Your lovely daughters would make such good lawyers with their advocacy skills! :) Love your magic bags xx

[Sheree]

I love how you are a little bit nuts! a magic bag that completes your cross-stitch- fantastic!!
thanks for the laugh!