Bitty Bug Bag

I've been playing around with this delightful little bag called the "Bitty Bug" from This and That Patterns.  I've long been a fan of these patterns. They are fast easy and great scrap projects.  This one here, was made with the scraps from our Quilted Table, Fall table runner swap for my partner. Don't you just love the fabrics she sent me?

Like the proverbial M&M's we all love, I couldn't stop with just one!!  Or was that a potato chips???  Anyway, you know what I mean. They just kept multiplying. I found that it was perfect, for a border print, if I pieced them at the bottom, so the print ran the right way on both sides. Also perfect for your favorite focus fabric, and let me tell you just how fast and easy they are if your not piecing all the little scraps together. :-)

Mine, is from my favorite Alaska theme fabrics, and proved to be a great place to keep all my cords when I travel. You know those phone, I-pod, E-reader chargers etc... It was the just the right size, to store all of them in one place. And it co-ordinates with my new laptop bag, which was a larger version of the Professional Tote. I had to adjust the bag a couple of inches, to accommodate laptop and that worked out great, too!!  Yeah, I love it when things come together as planned. :-)

So there you have it, that's what I have been working on the past few days. I now have a great start on my Christmas gifts. With these little babies, I can pop in something special for the recipient, like a gift card, sewing supplies, fat quarters, or a 10 carat diamond (yeah right) and maybe top it off with those oh so wonderful M&M's... The choices are endless!

That being said, I am on vacation on Alaska for 3 weeks. Mr Moosestash is holding down the fort at home, making sure all the animals are fed, fat and happy, while I have a suitcase full of projects to work on up here. Friday we are heading into Anchorage. My friend tells me the Great Alaska Quilt Show in this weekend. Could I have picked a better time to come or what?  I'm so excited!