Another Ties-that-Bind Baggette

I sent this one to my sister in Japan. She should have it by now ... Made from a lovely silk tie she purchased for her husband. Just the right size for a cell phone or an Mp3 player.

Basic instructions from Sulky.

Bagettes

I recently entered the new age by purchasing an Mp3 player--I realized it needed it's own little carrying case (No, I still don't have a cell phone ...) to keep all the parts together.

The blue and white one in front is made from white cotton fabric that I dyed with Indigo a few summers ago. (Yes, I actually did start up an Indigo dye pot that summer!) The pattern is a Shibori pole-wrapping method that comes out looking like rain, or water. Very pleasing! The cord is machine-stitched yarns wrapped together until I was happy with it.

The two baggettes in back are made from recycled ties purchased at the local thrift store. The basic pattern instructions from Sulky are here--but I modified it to add a second pocket. The cord that connects to the computer kept falling out at inopportune times. So now, it has it's own little compartment and tends to stay put. A smart adaptation!

Sweet Leaf Notebook is 100!

This is my 100th post on Sweet Leaf Notebook, after 18 months (or so).

Here's the customary link back to my inaugural post. It's of my first art quilt, a bear named Sebastian.

Here's the give-away :
For anyone leaving a comment this week (through 7 pm, March 2, 2008), I will enter your name into a drawing. You could win a groovy cell-phone baglet/purse-ette made from a real silk tie :



Or this small covered notebook :


Let me know your preferences (flowers or paisley purse-ette, or the Notebook) in your comment. Thanks for reading my blog!

It has been a lot of fun to see the dots light up around the world on ClustrMaps in terms of where in the world people are stumbling upon my little corner of the web. I know my sister is in Japan ; WCH in Taiwan ; JLC in Rhode Island ; My mom in Northern WI ; Cindy in Alaska ; Delphine in France ; Teresa in Appleton ; Diane in Minnesota ... but there are a lot more of you out there who I may not know, and may never have met.

Feel free to leave a comment and enter the contest. I'm willing to ship these items anywhere in the world!