Thanks to you, very sweet of ya!

[JONI MITCHELL]

I love that bag, and the fabric used for the applique...And that is my favorite counting crows song...

Lol! Was about to shout JONI MITCHELL! Until I saw your winky smiley!

Thanks for your comments everyone 

Ah! This is EXACTLY what I've been looking for!

Thank you Sooooooooo much!

I love this bag! It's just a basic tote but I appliqued and embroidered and lined it.
It's quite large, can carry 2 2ltr bottles easily and it's so comfortable to hold 

I designed and made this in about 7 hours yesterday. Quite happy with it but remind me to not use wadding again!
The bag was going to be really flimsy and I only had thin interfacing so I used wadding on two panels to stiffen it up a bit. It worked but was a pain in the arse to use!
For the tree/earth design - I embroidered the trunk & roots, used fabric paint for the leaves and earth. The leafy bit is textured and there are different colours but you can't see them in the pic. I'm debating whether or not to put some text on either side of the trunk, if I do the text will be EARTH FIRST. What do you think?

Thanks redwitch, exactly what I needed

man, I do it the ghetto way-

tape the image onto the window, tape the fabric onto the window over the image and trace with pencil! 

This is exactly what I do! Bit difficult if you're transferring to denim though! 

Wow, thats fantastic, you are very talented!
I think a clasp would look great.

Oh this tutorial is wonderful! I've been looking at maternity clothes and they're so expensive 

You're a fantastic lady, thank you!

Hello everybody   

I have a few pants patterns which are from the the 70's/80's. As you can imagine, the waist is high rise.
How do I turn them into hipsters? I have a sewing encyclopedia but of all the alterations there is no help on how to do this!
I made a great pair of pants yesterday except for the bellybutton kissing waistband!
Actually, does anyone know of any free pants tutorials on the web? Ideally drawstring pants!

Thanks anyway guys