Nancy Drew Blog Hop

Hello and Welcome!

Today is my day on the Nancy Drew Blog Hop and my first hop for the year.

 

Thank you Madame Samm, Sew We Quilt and Carol, Just Let Me Quilt for cheering us on.

 

Now, on with the mystery.
First, I had no clue what all the fuss was about.

 HUMMMM.....

What did I get myself into.

A mystery?????
 

So first, I searched for a pattern.
 

Still No Clue!
 

The hop was rescheduled and I was still in searched of what to do.

Help Nancy Drew!

Then I came across a pattern.

A "Sew Charming" pattern.

 

Was this a HINT??????

 

 

SEW CHARMING!!!!!

Then one day after I dropped off my WDH at work, I headed out to one of my favorite Quilt Shops in search of Nancy Drew fabric. 
No Nancy Drew in site, so I searched on the internet and found a charm pack that will do.
(SORRY NO PHOTO)
The suspense was itching at me.
Nancy Drew had not arrive yet.
I waited, and waited, and waited.
Then one day when my WDH and I arrive home from a trip last fall, a package was in our mailbox.
Nancy Drew had arrived,
 oh my...
I was all game.
Still, I looked over my pattern and assemble all the charms out in every possible order. 
 

Still, it was a mystery to me.

Clueless...........

A charm here, a charm there and charms everywhere.....

42 CHARMS!

I still had no Clue!!!!

Then I took a break.

A much needed break!

THEN,
it all came to me one day after a very, very, very, long walk.

So,

wait for it,

 Have a clue?
 

Here is what I came up with.

WHO KNEW! 

 

Front view

Inside view

Back view

You guess right!

I am what you call a bag lady...LOL!

Yes, I will admit to that!

 

I can never have enough bags.

I used the sew charming pattern as a guide and sewed along with a few perks of my own.

I had enough charms in the pack to complete the bag with two outside pockets and two straps.

I used every charm in the pack!
OH MY!

 I traveled with my WDH on his business trip (back in the middle of January) and I did not pack so well.

I just so happen to have enough fabric in my travel sewing bag to complete the lining with pockets for one side. 

 

I used the same fabric for a tab with a big pink button that I found in my travel sewing bag and there you have it.

It's what I packed in my travel sewing bag and forgot most of my goodies.
 

 I even consider taking it apart and make a wallet out of it.

No, I dare NOT!
It grew on me.....
While on our trip, I started to add all kind of goodies in my new Nancy Drew bag.
I started to FMQ on my machine.
You can see my scraps that I have been practicing on.
Take a look at the bag full.

 

  It holds up well.
It's still all a mystery to me.

Still lots of room for more projects to fill in my new Nancy Drew bag.
If you look close, I only have one mini quilt completed.

There is another bag hiding somewhere between all the UFO's in there. 

Sorry for the photos, but I do hope that you got to see what all the mystery was about.

It still is a mystery to me......LOL!

I hope that you had fun!

 

That is my Nancy Drew mystery for today and I do have a give away.
 

 

Last weekend I happen to pick up an oven mitt pattern at a quilt show near by in Lake Jackson, Texas on our trip and I grab an extra pattern along with a ruler to give away. 
  
The thing is, I can never find oven mitts around when you need one.
My WDH loves to cook and afterwards, WHERE do all the oven mitts go..........LOL
I have some pretty awful material that I am going to use. He will certainly use them when he cooks. 
One year, I made a pretty Valentine overn mitt for him and he does not go near it.
NOT AT ALL!
 HINT!
 

For the giveaway, just leave a comment below before Saturday midnight March 9, 2013. Give away is now closed.
 

Please make sure I have an email to contact you.

 

You do not need to be a follower of my blog to enter. 

 

Give away is open to everyone. 
 

I happen to be in great company today at the mystery hop.
 

Please stop and visit my fellow blogers by clicking on their link below.
There is soooo much to show!

 

Simple Sew

Sewing By Moonlight

Beaquilter

Pat Sloan’s Place

A Stitch In Time

Judith Handmade Treasures - ME

Gingersnaps Fabrics and Quilts

 

Fabric-ating

Melinda Quilts Etc

 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope that you enjoyed your vist today....
I am glad to be home, even for a short while.

 

Judith, Texas