aloha

Through an unusually difficult winter for a variety of reasons but mostly just made worse by the weather, M. and I decided to get some sun in O'ahu, Hawaii. Rather than ramble about the trip, I would rather just show you. If you have any questions about where we stayed, what we did or anything of the like - please ask me. In the meantime, the colours:

mahalo & aloha

swing bag

I've been keeping busy with sewing projects because Mom and I went to the Sewing Show in Abbotsford last weekend. The show was smaller than other years but still enjoyable. There wasn't anything new there from last year but I did pick up a couple of patterns and a book. One of the patterns I picked up was the Swing Bag by Amy Butler. We went down to Opus yesterday so that I could buy some duck canvas, which lines the bag. I used left over fabric for the rest that I have left from other projects. 

I had some buttons laying around that were left from other projects so I added them on. The sash should be another 10" long but I was running out of fabric, so it's not long enough to tie it in a bow - or I'm not patient enough!

I am hoping to use it for work - especially since I used heavier fabric than called for. And back to knitting I go ...