Colorful Dots Purse

Ok, so first let me say.........mine don't look near as good as Gene's.   I got this from his post yesterday morning (Saturday) (I'm posting this ahead of time and just took a migraine pill and there's no telling what this post will say).  So, anyway....Gene got the pattern from another gal.  He has a link on his site to hers, and since I linked to his I'm not going to link to hers.  

I have a horrible problem following patterns.  I don't know why, I just do.  I've tried and tried and can't follow them at all.  So, once I got very confused, I finished it as I thought it would look best without messing it up.  There was an extra strip that should have went where I have the purple binding, but I just couldn't make it happen.  So..........I think it's cute and adorable.  I'll save it for a Christmas present or for the next birthday party E gets invited to. 

Where did those blocks go?

So, if you're wondering what did I do with those blocks from the other day....wonder no more.  I made myself a purse/handbag from them.  I quilted the entire purse, even the handles.   I wanted the straps to be longer than most, so I can carry it on my shoulders.   It's stiff, I'll have to get to carrying it, gotta break it in.

Black & White purse for MOM

My mom is very much the "girly" type and will change her purse according to what she's wearing.  (I don't do that).  haha  So, here I've made her a black and white purse for church.  She has brown and plain white and several others I've made.  However, she didn't have black and white.  I called her this morning to wish her Happy Mother's Day and to ask what color she was wearing to church.  She said blue and white, and I said, how about black and white.  She said she thinks she can do that. ;)   Yesterday we had lunch together, just her and I, then I took her to Lowe's and she picked out her some flowers.  She liked that.  Today my brother and I will have a cook out for her at his place.  We tend to smother her with love and attention.  She loves it though.   HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL MOTHER'S  especially to my blog mom, PAT.  I love her!!