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Martha, Martha, Martha!

Can you believe I got to make one of the bags from my book . . . with Martha . . . on her show?!  It was an out-of-body experience to be stapling and duct-taping with the Queen of Crafts herself.  I made this No-Sew Tote and several others for The Martha Stewart Show and the segment airs today (Monday, October 6th)!  I was so excited to be a guest on the program right alongside actress Kate Walsh and the Muppets!  Below are some of the beautiful fabrics we used to make the bags.

    

Martha made her bag out of Seven Islands Tulip Damask (above left) and I used an Amy Butler fabric called Bright Buds, similar to the one above, right.  These fabrics and some others I used on the show were from Purl Patchwork and Reprodepot.  To get instructions on how to make my No-Sew Tote Bag above, you can go to  Martha's website.

Country Living Fair

These are two of  the great women I met while I was in Ohio at the Country Living Fair a couple weeks back.  Serena Thompson (left) and Teri Edwards (right) are The Farm Chicks, and they ran one of the many great booths at this year's fair.  Furniture restoration, cooking demos, antiques and lots and lots of terrific crafters and artisans showing their stuff!  It was a blast.

Bag Mania!

Check out these cute bags that 10 year old Alana and Marissa made last night at my No-Sew bag party.  It was held at the fabulous  Quilt Cottage in Mamaroneck.  A good time was had by all.  The purse cookies were yummy, too.

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