noelle o designs

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design, projects, purses, sewing

two new messenger bags

Got a few messenger bags done in the midst of weekend commotion. I seemed to be on a vinyl kick as I put things together. All the things that make me happy got included- bicycles, flowers and bright colors.

craft, design, dolls, fabric, projects, sewing

a stroll down memory lane

If you were alive in the 80′s then at least one of the following crafts were hanging somewhere in your house- (perhaps currently still on display in your mom’s house?) Go ahead, take a walk back a few years, I’m not sure we’ve hit the vintage category yet with these patterns- maybe 10 more years? […]

craft, fabric, sewing

gay plaid fruit appliqués

On Saturday my mother-in-law dropped by a pile of crafting and sewing goods that she no longer wanted and even a few things that she inherited from her mother. I’ve just begun the ‘Christmas morning’ activity of sorting through all of the ‘gifts’ she’s passed onto me– eternally grateful I’m the only one in the […]