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I am an awesome:: I'm a semi-retired mother of 2 boys & an accomplished seamstress, Employed at JC Penney's & trying to make my online business: <a href="http://www.cornershopdesigns.etsy.com">Cornershopdesigns.etsy.co...; flourish ....<a href="http://cornershopdesign.blogspot.com/">More</a>;

My sewing interests are:: garment, drapery, home decor, quilting, cross stitch

I am interested in patterns such as:: Simplicity, McCalls, Butterick, Vogue, New Look and creating my own designs.

At 12:48am on August 17, 2011, Mary McCalip said…: I am a newbie on the site...am I overlooking patterns? Love the handbags...

At 10:25am on June 2, 2010, nellie diaz said…: wonderful purse ,s i just love purse,s a girl can never have enough of purse,s or bags

At 8:11pm on January 7, 2010, Ginny said…: Thanks for your answer about selling bags from patterns. I will use your answer as a guide as I continue to use the techniques I learn from published patterns to design my own. By the way, your bags are lovely.

At 2:39pm on November 25, 2009, Ginny said…: Hi Carla, Finally found this site again. I now have it marked in my Favorites. I noticed you mentined that you use a pattern and then change it to get your own design. I have a question: Some of the patterns I have looked at state that you can't sell bags made from the pattern. I would like to use a pattern to learn the way the bag is constructed and then use the way it is constructed (using fusibles, non-fusibles, interfacings, ect.) but wonder if that would be all right to do for bags I sell? I look at pictures of bags and then come up with my own design using ideas I see from lots of pictures. I need help in how bags are made to be soft or hard sided, how to align the snaps, how to put in zippers, ect. Could I use a pattern to learn these things and then use it in my own bag designs?

At 6:52pm on June 6, 2009, Cele said…: hello. Thanks for answering my quilting question a couple of weeks back and sorry for the delay. I plan on taking a class when I am fully recovered from an injury. Thanks so much. BTW: I just added you as a friend. Hope that was OK. Cele

At 4:13pm on May 25, 2009, Cele said…: PS: The sewing machine icon: I have it on my blog as an article (have to scroll down)

http://wannsew.blogspot.com C

At 4:12pm on May 25, 2009, Cele said…: Hello. Sorry that it's taken me so long to comment. I have to enable my comments section. I check the site often, but overlooked this. Thanks so much for your suggestion for beginners. I checked out about 3 beginning quilting books from the library first. i also have a blog and had a quilter I met at a Sewing Lounge that I attend do an article to raise more interest in quilting.

Blogging has helped overall. I've only been doing it for 7 months and to my surprise, it has really taken off.

Please look when you can and I'd love to have you as a guest writer.

http://wannsew.blogspot.com Thank you again. :-)

At 9:41am on May 17, 2009, Megin said…: I haven't cross stitched in soooo long but started when I was very young. I have a huge egret pattern and outer space pattern sitting and waiting patiently. :)