happy work

 

 

I hope you all had a good weekend.

I scrubbed some floors, cooked Bolognese sauce for the first time

{thank you Clarice!},

dragged a rocker upstairs that needs a new rush seat,

went to Palm Sunday Mass,

and watched some old movies while hand sewing patches

onto an old patchwork quilt top.

 

This is what's been keeping me busy for the last few weeks,

and, thinking on it,

I'm so thankful to be doing what I love:

 

 ~sewing vintage kitchen textiles into yarn sack zipper pouches

 

 

 

~ knitting some household goods

 

~giving new life to 'pieces-of-the-past' grain sacks

 ~ working more & more with leather

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the leather bag that I spilled a drop of leather dye onto.

To camouflage the stain, I hand stitched a strip of leather

over the spot on the outside...inside, attached to the leather strip,

is a snap clip to hold keys.

I would like to see this simple, classic tote find a home...the leather is a wonderful, sturdy yet supple, brown 4 oz. cowhide

that will just get better with age.

There are unique variations and markings due to the nature of the leather.

It is unlined, and there is a removable, leather-covered reinforcement

in the bottom.

Measurements are approximately:

top opening  15.5"

height  14"

base  9.5"w x 6"d

handles  11" drop

This bag will not be going into my shop,

but will just be offered here to the first reader to let me know, via

comments or email, that they are interested.

I'm pricing it at half of what I would have listed it for before the ink-spill:

$75 USD + $10 USD shipping to anywhere

in the continental U.S.

**************The leather tote is now sold.************

 

Everything else is over at the shop.

 

Thanks again and again for your support!!