Today, Hayely from Welcome to the Mouse House sewed up some extrememly cute Lola Owl Pillows. Seriously, I never get sick of different versions of Lola and these are so so adorable. Hayley is a super talented lady with so much happening over on her blog. She is a blogging star for sure! And her sewing and crafting talent is amazing too! Head over to her blog to see all the beautiful photos and leave a comment to win your own copy of Lola Owl Pillow Sewing pattern!
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November 27, 2013
November 24, 2013
Holiday Gifts Sewing Series: By Mary sews a vintage inspired Owl Bag!
Today we have Mary Emmens sewing up a really fun Lola Owl Bag. Mary has sewn up several of my patterns in the past and I always admire her beautiful attention to detail and vintage style. Her quilting and piecing are amazing! If you are a quilter, you need to start following her blog! Mary sewed up a great looking owl bag from the Lola Owl Pillow sewing pattern. Head over to her blog to see the details and leave a comment for a chance to win your own Lola Owl Pattern!
November 13, 2013
Holiday Gifts Sewing Series: On the Laundry Line gets Owl Pretty
I punned! Did you notice? Laura from On the Laundry Line is a punner too! She made the most beautiful owls for The handmade Gifts series. She is a talented, funny and creative blogger. Go check out her version of Max the Owl and be sure to leave a comment on her blog to win your own copy of the pattern. thanks so much Laura!
July 16, 2013
Sneak Peek- Owl Bag Fans Mark Your Calendars!
This variation of my Lola Owl Bag will be in Simple Quilts and Sewing Magazine in September 2013. How exciting to be in such a cute magazine! The body is more curved and I did the belly, eyes and beak differently. Instructions to make the bag with 4 fat quarters will be included in the magazine! I made these with Summerhome by Red Rooster which I chose together with the editor of the magazine. It was so fun to receive a stack of fat quarters in the mail and turn them into owl bags!
Today is the last day of the Lunch Bag Sale! Head over to the shop to get $2 off per pattern is you have not already bought the lunch bag patterns! Sale ends tonight.
January 22, 2013
The Studio at Contempo Owl Bag Sewing Class
A couple weeks ago, my friend Amy Frank asked me if she could use the Lola Owl Sewing Pattern for a class she is teaching at the Studio at Contempo in Boalsburg PA (near State College). I said yes (of course!) and please send me some pictures. I have heard from past customers that girls this age love to sew up Lola and I wanted to see some proof!
I wish I could have been there to take this class too! I bet these girls had a blast sewing up their bags. You can almost hear all the giggling and chatter as they choose their fabrics and work on the sewing machine.
For more information about the classes, visit the facebook page of the Studio here. Amy is teaching several classes and having a wonderful time sharing her love of sewing with kids and adults.
These girls (and their owls) are totally adorable! Thanks Amy and great job girls!
December 6, 2012
More About the Pom Pom Owl Purses
This weekend I am doing the Handmade Arcade again. This will be my 4th time doing the show! Before you think I am total nut doing a craft show only a few weeks after having a baby, I made all my stuff back in Septmeber and I am happily resisting the urge to sew a single other item before the show. It feels so wierd to have a show in only 2 days and not doing any last minute stressy sewing. When I say wierd, I mean it feels really great!
This time I made all my owl bags with pom poms for the show. Remember this cute bag? I worked out how to make it easier by tacking the pom poms on with steam a seam light. This was great and made the process much faster. You have to cut the steam a seam into sections to get around the curve. Once the poms poms are attached, then you sew the 2 sides together and DO NOT trim your seams down. The last time I trimmed my seams and ended up with several poms poms falling off and it's pretty tedious sewing those little suckers back on by hand.
Also, Vanessa let me preview her brilliant new photography ebook a couple of weeks ago. I really recommend it to help you take photos of your sewn creations. She talks quite a bit about staging and photo editing. These tips are simple and useful! To show some of the "behind the scenes" I took a picture of my staging to share with you...
I use the hooks for the towels in the bathroom. The backdrop is the coat closet by my front door. I open my front door to get better light (even though it was 27 degrees outside!). This is my best location to get a wider shot of my creations even though the natural light is only mediocre. The first photo I lightened up in PSE and second I just did in my iphoto. I had to really work on all those shadows!
Vanessa is giving away a copy of her ebook for sew mama sew giveaway day so head over to her blog and leave a comment for a chance to win!
July 16, 2012
Lola Owl with pom poms
My sweet neice Avery just had her 7th birthday. I have been wanting to make her an owl bag since she loves to accessorize. I bought a bunch of pom poms from Pick your Plum a few weeks ago. This was my first time working with poms poms!
I used vintage modern fabric by Bonnie & Camille and a pink duck cloth for the body. I found the pom poms a little more challenging than I thought they would be but worth the extra effort since they add such a cute frame for the owl.
September 22, 2011
Rocking the Owls
YaaHOoo! I finally finished the update of the Lola Owl Pattern. Email me for the coupon if you already purchased the original pattern and I will give you the coupon code for 75% off.
I actually have had it done for several days but I wanted to finish up these bags to make a really cute photo shoot. The girls left in a hurry this morning so I didn't get them in my photos!! I finally settled on this old shutter as a nice back drop...
These bags are fast! In fact, faster than the pillow since you don't have to stuff with the batting or blind stitch the opening closed.
I admit that I love them. They are fun to make and are such a nice size for a child. The girls both went for this one below. Yikes! It is SO bright but fun too.
But this one is my favorite with the Amy Butler and the Osnaburg. I am pretty sure I got this combo from Amy's shop a while back.
I wish Anne was still in preschool since it would have been perfect to carry her little preschool folder!
The strap is 30" and fits well over the shoulder of an adult or across the body of a child. A D-ring would work great too so that the person wearing it could adjust the strap to fit them perfectly.
Well there you go! FINALLY. after many requests! The bag version is now part of the pattern. Whew! I have also changed my policy about selling the owls to allowing sales of finished products at crafts shows and church sales but not online. I use photos of the owls to promote my shop and for branding so online sales would conflict with my efforts.
Thank you so much for all the interest in making the pattern into a bag. I hope to see lots of owl bags out there soon!
August 27, 2011
In Progress
I am working on the update of the Lola Owl Pattern now. She is such a popular pattern and it will be fun to add new pictures to this super simple and satisfying project.
I created this title on PSE again! I used the same techniques that i wrote about here but also took the time to take the owls out of their original pictures by using the magnetic lasso tool. Sorry if that is too technical sounding but for those of you who have PSE, I hope you will understand!
One of the reasons I am working on this pattern again is due to the popularity of the special order owl bag I made back in April.
I get lots of requests for instruction to make this bag! I guess it is popular on pinterest or something. Although it seems simple to just make a lining and add a strap, I realize specific instructions would help to make it more accessible. So... coming soon! The Lola Owl Pattern remake with extra instructions to make a cute lola tote bag.
May 2, 2011
Stylin
UPDATE! The Lola Pattern now includes instructions to make this bag!
My almost seven year old pays a lot of attention to what she is wearing and has very specific opinions about how clothes look. I try to be supportive of her style in my own controlling sort of way. When she needs new clothes, instead of taking her with me to the store, I shop for a whole bunch of things that I like and bring them home for her to choose what she likes out of MY choices and then I take back the rest. This is questionable freedom but it is working for both of us right now!
I made this owl purse as a special order from my show a few weeks ago. The adult wants it for herself but I like how it looks on a child too and with the strap across the body. I wanted to get some pictures before it goes in the mail today. Elsie was excited to model before school this morning. She is also wearing my new scarf which she has claimed as her own.
My tulips are in bloom! It was her idea to pose by the tulips.
I made the purse the same way as I did the mini purses back in this post. I made it a little shorter since it seemed really long when I had it done. The strap is about 30" long. I made it by sewing together 2 pieces of 2" x 30" long pieces of cotton. I used all cotton fusible interfacing on the printed fabric that is on the outside of the strap. It took me several tries to get this strap on in a good way. In the end, the simplest way worked best! I wanted to make sure I kept the shape of the owl, so I just folded the strap under and sewed it on. Then when I did the final top stitch, I secured the strap again.
She wants a bag like this for herself now of course!
I am so happy spring is finally here! All the april showers we have had here have made everything so green and beautiful. Email me if you had additional questions about how to make Lola Owl Pattern into a purse & I will try to help out. Now the pattern is updated to include the bag instructions!
Hope you all had a great weekend!
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