Well the noisy holiday is over, on my bicycle ride yesterday I found lots of places in the streets that were litered with the leftovers of firecrackers and fireworks. But the sky was sure pretty on Sat. night. DH wasn't home so it was quiet around here. I actually worked on clients quilts most of the weekend, but did do something fun. A friend gave me a copy of a new purse pattern, she knows I love to make bags of all shapes and sizes. This one is the "Mini Bow Tucks" bag by Penny Sturges for Quilts Illustrated. For me it is the perfect size, not too big and heavy, just right for all my stuff. This second photo shows all the inside pockets, and there are 2 on the outside, so lots of places to put things. I love this fabric from Blank Fabric, if you remember I made a set of Bosa Nova gift bags from it too. I still have some left and have a vest pattern I hope to use it on. Anyway, I also made up a new purse pattern from Debbie Bowles of Maple Island Quilts, it's called "Wallet & Grommet" I added an outside pocket for my cell phone and 2 on the inside for stuff. I still have a few other new bag patterns to try out. I got 9 new ones at Spring Quilt Market. Anyway, purses are fun to make, and they don't take as much time as making a big quilt. In my last post I mentioned quilting two quilts that were done by my daughter-in-law's mother, well they left for Montana before I took a photo. One of them you can see on Patchalotmore blog, the one for the Plumpkin (our mutual granddaughter) and hopefully when the binding is on Polly will take a photo of the other one when she presents it to her wonderful neighbor. (hint, hint)