tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post3595110859601450990..comments2024-03-27T10:04:51.949-05:00Comments on ikat bag: Random updates, thanks and a cardboard shoutoutLiErhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13022645291278425282noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-32519635237968178712013-01-26T04:48:14.296-06:002013-01-26T04:48:14.296-06:00Ah yes - the baby clothes. We are moving house nex...Ah yes - the baby clothes. We are moving house next week and I have been agonising over giving away the old baby clothes. My youngest is 5 so I have a couple of boxes of sentimentals, but the rest has to go...along with my stash of cardboard. Weep weep. Don't know which I felt worse about...the baby clothes (what if I have another child?) or the cardboard (that is a really cool cardboard roll wonder where I would find another like that?)... ; )Piphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17042409010358762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-2184310983315230002013-01-24T14:29:57.321-06:002013-01-24T14:29:57.321-06:00LiEr, you are the only person I know who can make ...LiEr, you are the only person I know who can make me laugh while describing gloomy grey weather. Thank you for that!<br /><br />We've had a sick week here as well. I've been sewing a shopping cart cover, and bags look more attractive by the second. Cuter, too. But I have a slight obsession with the shopping cart cover after stomach bug, strep, and various colds so far this winter. And a baby who eats everything. Two seams to hand-stitch shut and it will be finished. DH says I should blog it. The post may be titled "DIY shopping cover - or, why to just buy one". I'm sure you would have made a very elegant one without any of my drama...<br /><br />I am so very grateful for your bag series. Someday I will put it to use, hopefully soon.MaryAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13253503049272771754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-17207007033388319132013-01-23T19:21:49.073-06:002013-01-23T19:21:49.073-06:00Thanks for the shout out and loving the bag series...Thanks for the shout out and loving the bag series! LiEr, when will you write a book for goodness sakes? We need this thoroughness on our bookshelves.Amber @ The Cardboard Collectivehttp://www.thecardboardcollective.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-76300354989592090082013-01-23T14:48:39.279-06:002013-01-23T14:48:39.279-06:00I forgot to say.......I really hope your little gi...I forgot to say.......I really hope your little girl gets better very soon and the rest of the family doesn't get sick.Juanitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03444973215437970112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-75786416385501160942013-01-23T14:45:43.130-06:002013-01-23T14:45:43.130-06:00Thank you so much for the laugh today! I really n...Thank you so much for the laugh today! I really needed it! It isn't as cold here in Va. but we still have a few inches of snow on the ground and not much sun. I have an active imagination so when the SAD gets too bad and there is sun, I get in a warm room in front of a sunny window, close my eyes, raise my face to the sun and pretend the cold, snow, and drabness is not there. Works well enough for a little boost. <br />The 10-more-chapters is exciting to me. Does that make me weird?? Don't even care! I don't have sunshine today so I will substitute my bright glowing computer screen and soak up the how-to's! Juanitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03444973215437970112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-15222938320440569082013-01-23T05:56:00.816-06:002013-01-23T05:56:00.816-06:00Over here on the other side of the globe (in Sydne...Over here on the other side of the globe (in Sydney, Australia), we are having heat waves and 'catastophic' fire danger days.. Those days I would rather the cold!<br /><br />You should make a memory quilt with your absolute favourite baby clothes :) (Just another reason to procrastinate!)<br /><br />I found it very difficult to get rid of the baby clothes too so I understand the storage tub issue, but somehow I did it. I kept my absolute favourites, but they dont take too much room. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18131999868132471424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-844627876701049842013-01-23T01:13:16.683-06:002013-01-23T01:13:16.683-06:00I should start by just saying--I've been readi...I should start by just saying--I've been reading your blog for years. So when I walked into our local children's museum the other day and saw their "Holidays Unboxed" cardboard and tape exhibit, you immediately came to mind. It was amazing--they'd built a whole cardboard city/maze thing, and a giant spider-sac-looking-structure out of the tape. Not to mention all the cardboard costumes all the workers were walking around in, the amazing decorations, and the cardboard crafts they had available for the kids. The kids were in heaven. Inspires me to try to do a little more of what you do. Keep up the great work. :) (You can view the exhibit in the video at the bottom of this page: http://www.cdm.org/unboxed. So cool.)Jessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13676933457827280141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-59794922481632320022013-01-22T22:30:53.358-06:002013-01-22T22:30:53.358-06:00I absolutely LOVE the make a bag series! I have be...I absolutely LOVE the make a bag series! I have been making my own bags for a while now, and I am enjoying learning your new tips and tricks to make some processes easier. I actually am keeping each post in a word document so that I can have my own personal reference material when I am stuck! Good luck with the weather... it is COLD here too. UGH. Megan https://www.blogger.com/profile/04182689771936626632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-53552024734814425002013-01-22T19:50:55.864-06:002013-01-22T19:50:55.864-06:00I'd love to have ONE, only ONE cold week durin...I'd love to have ONE, only ONE cold week during the year... Cancun is Summer year long.<br />Hope your child gets well.Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00271252031902573488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-32369675994469205512013-01-22T13:02:22.722-06:002013-01-22T13:02:22.722-06:00The bright sun disguising the bitter cold is a bit...The bright sun disguising the bitter cold is a bit disconcerting! I'm loving the how to- series. Rather like the teach a man to fish idea, you are teaching us how to make any bag, not just one bag! I was just given a bunch of home-dec weight fabric, and will need to make things with it before too long. <br /><br />I think Amber is using a tin snips for the banana box! That little tote is too cute.kris@thebigboathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451482176366204051noreply@blogger.com