I took some items to our local County Fair this week, and judging results were out today. Grand Champion on the B&W tote, Reserve Grand on the tote with purple giraffes, and a 1st Place on the wall hanging quilt. I also received two 2nd Place awards, but we can only post 4 pics.

Front. This is 31” square.

Closeup

Back!

This wall hanging is quilted, bound, and hanging sleeve attached. I love how it turned out!

Front has a zipper pocket and a slip pocket, with ribbon trim

Back has a slip pocket, with ribbon trim (cat food cans!)

Zipper folds flat against the sides when open

Hard base on the inside. Bellowed pockets (to hold a water bottle upright) on one side, and a divided slip pocket on the other side

I just finished this tote for a friend. Started it yesterday morning, worked til after 11 last night, and completed it after a couple hours this morning.
Pattern is ByAnnie’s Two Big Totes in size large, fabric is Tula Pink’s Tabby Road.

Quilt retreat, Day 3. Made two blankets from a new double-sided velveteen fabric by Riley Blake Designs in the National Parks fabric. Postcards on one side, shield logos on the other. Just bind.

Today I made a new purse. Pockets inside and out, iridescent rainbow vinyl bottom, and totally adorable. Gotta love quilt retreats.
Pattern is ByAnnie’s Two Big Totes in size small.

First quilt retreat project is complete! It’s a cross-body bag with 3 pockets, for an upcoming Mediterranean cruise.
Fabric is Tula Pink Untamed, pattern is ByAnnie Side Hustle.

It’s a wall hanging, 31” square. It is available as a large quilt too, but I’m trying to get some smaller projects done!

Finished! It’s so cute!

Assembled and ready for borders!

New colors opened today

The circling geese are made! The next step is to insert the arcs into the log cabin blocks, then the border!

Working on a small wall hanging in Tula Pink’s Everglow fabric. The border is the pink elephants.
Pattern is Lincoln Log Cabin.

I’m nearing the finish line! The outer 1/8 sections are all assembled. I only have need to attach the center petals, and then it will be time for the final seams.

My E units are done, and it’s time to assemble the quilt!

D units are done!
Pattern is Jungle Magnolia, fabric is Tula Pink.

Today I finished up the C units, trimming and marking TRP lines, and removing papers. Since the heat index is over 100 degrees here in southern Minnesota, it was a good day to work in a nice cool basement!
Pattern is Jungle Magnolia, fabric is Tula Pink.

As the orange Paladin drags us into WWIII, I plan to use sewing as my therapy to keep me grounded. And to hope to hell that no foreign powers are interested in bombing Minnesota.

The C units for the Jungle Magnolia quilt. The narrow green lines are appliqué.

Appliqué pieces for the leaf stems. They looked like green beans.

I only have the center green spikes left to sew on the other 14 half-leaves, and then all 32 pieces of the C units will be done! Last night I was making the 64 ”stems” that I appliquéd on the half-leaf sections today. They looked like green beans. And once I saw green beans, I couldn’t unsee them.

Definitely stock up on glue pens and refills (like Fons & Porter, or SewLine) because it makes the curved piecing easy. Hopefully you are signed up with a Quiltworx Certified Instructor - the vast majority are very good and very patient!

I just ordered it!! Love it so much!

I finished all of my B units today, and removed papers from the As and Bs. Looking at the pattern, I think everything remotely difficult is now over!
Pattern: Quiltworx Jungle Magnolia Wall 80” square. Fabric is Tula Pink.

Last weekend I made and gifted a set of zipper bags to a young man for his 24th birthday (he had dropped hints). He loved them!
Pattern: ByAnnie Clam-Up in medium and large. Fabric Tim Holtz (wide back, map print).

Front has a deep slip pocket. Side loop has a deep double-pull zipper so I can get to the interior pockets without removing all the contents

Inside divided slip pockets in fabric

Inside divided mesh pockets. These are stretchy

Top view- double pulls on the rainbow zipper

Yesterday I finished making a new tote to hold my notions boxes, cutters, pins, threads, bobbins etc. Matches last week’s big tote. Back (not shown) has a trolly sleeve. No pattern used but construction techniques from ByAnnie patterns. Fabric is Tula Pink Lineworks.

Thanks! I love this line of fabric. It’s from a couple years ago so getting hard to find now.

Front has a combo slip pocket and zip pocket

Inside has a full size mesh zipper pocket on the inside of the front. The back has a 3-layer divider to hold quilting tools

Back!

Today’s new small size, above last years large size

This afternoon i finished a new tool carrier in a smaller size, to match the large one that I made last year. It was still wrestling at the end and my hands are tired and sore from it. But I love it!
Pattern: ByAnnie’s Tools of the Trade
Fabric: Tula Pink Lineworks

Slip pocket and zip pocket

Slip pocket and trolley strap for luggage

Divided slip pockets and bellow pockets on the inside, with a key leash

Top will zip closed

A new Large Tote for my friends who received the matching Side Hustle crossbody bags this week.
Pattern is ByAnnie’s Two Big Totes, size large

Now that the recipients have received their gifts, I can post my latest completed bags! This bag has a fully adjustable strap with a quick release buckle, and can be worn either as a crossbody or a fanny pack (you can even put the strap through your belt loops).
ByAnnie Side Hustle, size large.

I actually like the wide, because each block is framed like its own masterpiece. But I don’t hate the narrow. Tough choice!

Large on the left, XL on the right.

Large on the left, XL on the right.

Large on the left, XL on the right

The large tote fits inside the XL Tote, with lots of room to spare.

My XL Tote is finished, plus I added a decorative ribbon to my L Tote! These coordinating totes turned out great!
Pattern: ByAnnie’s Two Big Totes (one of each size), with Tula Pink fabric.

Front of tote, zip pocket and slip pocket. Fabric has giraffes.

Back of tote with one slip pocket. Fabric is giraffes.

Inside of tote, with 2 bellowed pockets on one side and a full width divided pocket on the other.

Top of tote, with a pink metallic zipper on teal green zipper tape.

On Days 2 and 3 of the retreat, I was working on a pair of coordinating tote bags. The first one is completely finished, and the second is 4 seams from done. Here are pictures of the finished tote!
Pattern: ByAnnie’s Two Big Totes in size large, fabric is Tula Pink.