Yay!!!  I’m super excited about my newest pattern!  It’s been a while! So when my kids inspired me to make this project, I jumped right in.  I’ll talk about my original inspiration and then chat about all the other things this case is amazing for, okay?

You know about Rainbow Loom, right?  Well, if you have kids or grandkids or neighbor’s kids or nieces or nephews you might already.  It’s been the thing to do!

My girls started coming home from school with these fun rubber band bracelets a few months ago and they haven’t stopped since.  Unfortunately, the box the loom came in doesn’t really do it for me.  I like to be a little more organized and have something a little more durable to tote around.

So that’s where this pattern started and now it’s evolved into a multi-purpose case for just about anything!  The pattern has two different pocket configurations to suit a variety of anything you’d want to carry around.  The one version holds a loom and a case (or additional loom), the loom hook and has a zippered compartment for all the odds and ends.

Don’t have a Rainbow Loom or don’t care? The alternate pocket version is so perfect for art supplies, with lots of great easy-to-access pockets, it’ll be the perfect grab and go item.  I also made one for sewing supplies!  It fits just about every sewing notion and supply I’d want to take along on a sewing get together with friends.  I’ll show the sewing one once the pattern is released!

Anyway, I hope to have everything set for Friday! So see you then! And hopefully I’ll come up with a good name for it by then, too!

I couldn’t make one without making another, right?  Seems only fair.  Emily is quite pleased with her very own Cargo Duffle (free pattern designed by me for Robert Kaufman).  I just loved seeing her reaction to this bag.  She was so excited to put her things in it right away.

If you can’t tell I love this project and using different combinations!  Next month I’m going to be teaching a class locally for the Cargo Duffle, so stay tuned for updates and information on that.  I’m very excited to be able to teach it!

I’m slowly running out of batting scraps to make more duffles, so I guess that means I need to be making some more quilts.  Love that.

Fabrics: Suzy Ultman (Handle with Care) for Robert Kaufman – Kite Chase , Comma (Brigitte Heitland) for Moda, Kaufman Interweave Chambray in Sorbet

Stay warm everyone!

Okay, I couldn’t leave well enough alone and made some more Cargo Duffles.  I think they’re not only a good overnight size duffle for an adult, but a great one for kids!  More specifically – mine.  I pulled out fabrics and let her choose the main print for her duffle.  It was fun seeing what ones they really liked and may have swayed Natalie into the Lizzy House hedgehogs over something else, I just couldn’t help it.

[And as I’ve said before a few weeks ago, make sure you download the most current version of the free pattern before you start.  I had a few ‘oops, left that out too’ moments.]

So now she’s all set for going to Grammy and Grampy’s house.  And I just love seeing her excited to fill it up!

This time I used some leather scraps for the zipper pulls to make them a little easier to open and close. My cousin (hi Jennifer!!!) had generously gifted me some leather scraps she had gotten at a local moccasin making company.  I finally felt like I could cut into those precious pieces.  So I might have a few more leathery things to share soon.

The snaps are from Snap Source.  I had smaller size snaps for my zippy wallets, but had to ask my friend Vanessa where she had gotten hers, and guess what, same place!  Just the nice jumbo size.  Love them!  But I actually used the Dritz snap setting tool instead with these.  Somehow the plastic snap setter and I aren’t the best of friends, guess I can get a little cray cray with the hammer!

I’ll announce the Journey e-book winner in my next post!  Time is flying by!