Bagalicious Bag #2 Kit arrived! It's a beauty!

If you've been reading Hooked On Needles for any time at all, you know that I love bags - making them, using them, designing them, giving them. I'm the ultimate Bag Lady! Well, look what I got in the mail just the other day...


It's the second kit for the Bagalicious Club that I joined as a treat to myself for this year. I have not made it yet, but it's high on my list of fun things to do! Natalie Ross is such a cool designer and her website is so much fun to read, so I just know I'm going to love working up this bright and cheerful kit. I'll be sure to show it off when it's done.

In case you missed it, you can see the bag I made from the first Bagalicious Club kit by clicking HERE.

If you are interested in the Bagalicious Club for yourself, just click on the button you will find on my sidebar and you'll get all the information you need.

Tomorrow (Monday, March 29th) I will be announcing the winners of my Good Eggs Giveaway, so if you signed up for it, make sure you come back here to see if you won! If you haven't signed up yet and you are reading this before Sunday night around 10:00 eastern time, hurry up and hop over HERE and get your name in the basket for a couple of nice prizes. I don't want you to miss any of the fun!

Happy Stitching!

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Closure solution for Authentic Bag - A Toggle Button!

Remember the super fabulous Bagalicious Club I joined? And that lovely little bag I made from the first kit, which was called Authentic for the fabric line that was used? I was not entirely happy with the fact that there was no closure included in the pattern, and was thinking of adding a magnetic snap during construction of my bag. But I forgot in my excitement to finish the bag!

Well now I have a solution that I think looks great and works well for the bag. What do you think?


I found this black toggle button at Joann's and thought it would be a nice addition to the bag with its black outer shell.


I sewed a strip of leftover fabric just as the instructions said for the straps, only shorter, and made a little loop to sew onto one side of the bag. Then I sewed the toggle button on the other side. Now that the bag won't open on its own, I would feel more secure using it to carry things like my wallet and cell phone.

I've seen this fabric popping up in other projects lately too and it looks great. One was a quilt that used more than these four fabrics from the line and it was really a fun quilt.

I should be receiving my next Bagalicious Club kit in the next few weeks so I need to wrap up a few other projects to make room for sewing another fun bag. How exciting!

Happy Stitching!

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First Bagalicious Club Bag Complete

Bags are so fun and functional too! Depending on what you need to haul along with you, you may need a super huge tote bag like this one, a generously sized tote bag like one of these, or a kicky little over-the-shoulder bag like the one I finished just yesterday. It's the first in the Bagalicious Club series from Quilt Fabric Delights. I just love how it turned out. Take a look...


This cute little 10x10 inch bag is made using Authentic by Sweetwater for Moda Fabrics.


Don't you love the detail of the ruffled edge on the pocket?


And those delicious polka dots? YUM!


I had to make sure the word fabric pocket lining faced the right way so it could be read when peeking into the pockets!


This was a fun bag to make and the fabric is just lovely to work with. I had thought about adding a magnetic snap to the top of the inside lining before sewing up the top edge, but in my excitement to see the bag finished, I forgot to do it. Now I'm not so sure I want it anyway. I suppose I could unstitch the facing around the inside and snip the basting stitches holding the top edges together then slip the two pieces of the snap in and sew it all back up again. What would you do? Snap or no snap? I'm still deciding. But for now, it's finished and I love it! My next Bagalicious Club shipment won't be for another 5 weeks or so, just long enough to get me excited about the next surprise!

Happy Stitching!

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