Mostly Batiks, Cottons, Some Leather...Two New 4 Pocket Pocketbooks

Think soft cottons, big buttons, texture, pleasing patterns, oranges, reds, purple, yellow, blue greens... Think of all the different things that would fit into four 4" pockets once folded fits snugly into your bag, suitcase, backpack, purse, etc...

Think hand made paper fabric lining on front and back covers, a few soft leather patches mixed with 100% cottons...

Think machine stitches quilting crazy patchwork together and hand embroidery stitches holding all four pockets in place...

Think ropey ribbons looped over buttons keeping flaps closed and treasures secure inside...

Think delicate beads decorating ends of ties adding a little more pizazz...

Think the holidays are coming and who would you like to buy this for? Someone who will appreciate hand made artistry...

Think soft batiks back and front, blanket stitching finishing around the outside covers...

For this book we will call #4

Think again, yet one more soft cotton four pocket pocket book

more hand made fabric paper lining covers and the inside of each pocket flap...

decorative buttons you will love to touch...

sweet blending of colors and fun stitchery...

Wonder what will go in these pockets...

before you close them up and tie them shut to tuck into your purse or gift bag.

We'll call this one #5

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Send me via email your mailing address at

lynnc66@comcast.net

telling me which pocket book you want by #

in the comments box here.

Other Four Pocket Pockets books still available:

click on #1, #2 and #3 to see photos of each

#1 with brads and wire closure (see on Post Sept. 16)

#2 Lace and Denim (see on Post Sept 27)

#3 Sweet Leilani (see on Post Sept. 14)

#4 Batik with Green Button front (see on post Sept 29, today's post)

#5 Batik purple button front (see on post Sept 29, today's post)

Happy Animal Wednesday.

Henry was camera shy today...but he sends his Meows to all!

;-)

I AM SELF PUBLISHED!

Every once in a while when I'd post a post on my blog I'd see this little ad asking if I'd like to turn my blog into a book. It comes from "SharedBook". Well I decided to see how it worked. So ordered a book that covered by blog from it's first to it's 289th post from August to December of 2007.

290 pages later...including each and every post...

and each and every comment (my option)...

and living color photos

in their soft cover version (laminated covers front and back)

that weighs in at 2.5 pounds of book!!!

showing my quilting experiences from fumbling beginning...to the end of the book

I am so happy I did this. Because my blog is so full of over 1000 posts now, it's expensive to put them into book form all at once. I will limit myself to six months every few months, but I will self publish the entire blog. I will dedicate it to my grand children and they can follow their grandma's later years blogging, quilting, exploring art in many forms and making friends world wide. Some of my earliest followers who continue to follow my blog I see through the comments are Kelly, Suki, Andrea, and Cris; toward the end of that first six months I met Joss (forever young), Judy Wise, Monique (ladybug), Mim, and Annie. Cathy (clevelandgirlie) and Human Being came on board in December. Thank you all for sticking with me from the very beginning. Your words and those of other later followers will continue to go down in prosperity in subsequent books I have published.

What fun!

Saturday Night Bash Reviewed on Sunday; Lace & Denim Pocketbook and Happy Cactus Monday

Saturday night was date night. We invited my brother to join us and we three drove 70 miles from home to Placerville. It turned out to be a quaint old town, we saw art stores, art galleries, a knitting store, antique stores, enough to let us agree to come back in the day time when we'd have more time to look around. We were lucky to find a really good seafood restaurant/bar that served up a scrumptious dinner: DH had steamed clams, Bro had shrimp scampi and I had King Salmon scampi and we each said our meals were perfect.

Just next door was this delightful old fashioned candy store..

where we took a trip to our past and remembered our favorite candies from childhood...

and the guys filled bags to take with us to the show...

We landed at the Imagination Theater where the Old West Trio were playing...read more about them at this link...we had advance tickets bought on line for prime choice seats. Notice the cactus stage decoration behind the bass player, Leslie, for Cactus Monday!

Leslie and the two Steves! And they were oh so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was a fun filled evening! And well worth the drive there and back! We all agreed.

My brother spent the night at our house and he and I spent most of Sunday

playing cards: Our game: Spite and Malice!

HE went home winner.

;-)

*********************** This is my most recent finished pocket book.

The cover is denim covered in lace, hand embroidered, trimmed in old fashion floral fabrics, embellished with a silver heart in the center, and flower and heart buttons.

Open it up to the first pocket and fine a knee hole patched with Moda fabric scrap.

And the pocket is in quilted cotton, denim, and lace...secured with a purple heart button and purple wound ribbon tie ending in a pink plastic heart.

Turn the pocket over to see it's back and the second pocket and it's flower button and purple tie

ending with a small purple heart.

Flip that pocket over to see it's denim and floral cottons quilted back; and the next pocket

with a shiny green button over cotton quilted floral pieces, and a tie ending in a small green heart.

Flip it again to see the back of the third pocket in cottons and lace over denim;

and the final forth pocket with it's pretty blue button again on a pretty floral and denim

patchwork quilt with tie and tiny heart.

One more turn to see back of forth pocket and the hand made paper fabric lining of the back cover.

And here you see it open wide showing off the back in denim and three strips of sweet small old fashion cotton prints

to compliment the trim on the front. This pocketbook is more square than my previous ones.

This pocket book is for sale here now for $25/free shipping.

You can pay by check or pay pal.

Whatever does not sell on my blog will go to the art gallery gift shop.

I have two more done to show soon done mostly in batiks. HCM

What did you do this past weekend?

A Very Sweet Day Friday!

Pretty plate (at my daughter's house) is for apple and honey, symbols of a sweet New Year on the Jewish calendar this month. It's been a sweet year for me, and Friday was a sweet day. I was home with the day before me to use as I saw fit. I saw fit to stay in my bedclothes until 1 PM. I saw fit to sit and sew another pocket book (not this one, it's sold, but one of denim and lace and old fashion floral cotton prints)...I have six finished now to sell either here, on ETSY or at the local art gallery + 2 single pockets!

I saw fit to lay in my hammock in the back yard shade (warm out) and READ. I am reading Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult. The book grips me and makes it hard for me to put it down.

I saw fit to call my girl friend and talk on the phone catching up on our lives;

I did the weeks clothes laundry; I swifted my floors; emptied the dishwasher; made dinner; but mostly laid back and relaxed and really really enjoyed having a quiet sweet day!

Wishing you a sweet weekend!

I have a date with DH and my brother tonight to go hear

The Old West Trio again in Placerville!

Now that's sweet too, sweet music, good company, dinner out, I do believe

I am starting the new year off right, don't you?

;-)

Grateful For Thanks on Grateful Thursday

It's always nice to be thanked for art you have made and sold... Can you guess who sent me these delightful pieces

Yep, none other than our VERY ARTISTIC LOLO from Studio LOLO

Whose own art is fun, whimsical, and beautiful...to be collected and enjoyed.

You can find more it yourself on her blog and here on her ETSY store. Thank you Lolo, so glad you were happy with your purchases!!!! &&&&&&

I will be making more four-pocket purses and individual pockets this weekend

thinking lace and denim, and we'll see what else!

See side bar for fast way to buy using Pay Pal.

Animal Wednesday and Daughter's Choice

Henry behind bars... He likes that we put this chair upstairs on the landing...it's there because the fire alarm was going off and we wanted to be able to get to it quickly to shut it off. Since Henry liked the chair there we left it. Okay, I admit it he is spoiled.

On Sunday I showed my daughter the fabric pocketbooks and pockets I'd been making and she liked this one.

She wanted to buy it but I cannot take money from my children

so I gifted it to her

and then she wanted a few design changes

She wants to use it for packing jewelry when she travels

and she didn't want the usual ties around the buttons, put asked if I could put snaps on the pocket flaps instead

Believe it or not I found some old snaps in MY mother's (her grandmothers') sewing box that we still possess. And sewed them on for her (hidden under the pocket flaps).

So sweet for me to give her something I made that she likes and that has something of her grandma's tucked into it too. ;-)

She liked the individual pockets as well, but said I wasn't charging enough.

I intend to take some to the art gallery gift shop and see how they do there. I'll keep my prices the same on my blog, and up them at the gallery and if perhaps I decide to put them in my ETSY store. But you can still order them here for the lower price of $25 for the four pocket purse and $12.50 for the individual pockets. Free Shipping. Happy Animal Wednesday