Here’s a bag I’ve just finished for a gal who’s going to China later this week. It’s based on my standard messenger bag, but has lots of custom details to meet her needs for travelling: The patch on the front flat is actually a zippered pocket – for fast access to securely stored cash Under the flap…
Category Archives: Bags
Starting a busy week
Spring break is over, and with a couple of deadlines looming overhead, I put the pedal to the metal this weekend and pumped out a lot of stuff. I’ve got 3 new pieces of actual art made just in time to submit for jurying – fingers crossed the pictures on the chip came out. But…
My Sources for Bag Hardware
Bags – how do I love thee, let me count the ways… I really do not know WHY I love making bags so much. In fact, they do cause me a significant amount of stress sometimes! ONE source of stress is finding the right hardware. A lot of the hardware I see on bags that…
A Custom Convertible Clutch for a Lucky Sister!
I got an email on Saturday from a local gal who’d been saving my card until it was time to buy her daisy and bird loving sister a gift. Could I possibly make a clutch that had both a daisy botanical sketch and one of my birds? Oh, and her birthday was this coming Saturday,…
Another Commission Messenger Bag Complete!
I am so lucky to be able to set up my booth at one of several local Art/Craft Fairs in my hometown each year. I get to talk to lots of people about my art, sometimes they buy something, often they don’t, but I get lots of compliments and every once in a while, somebody…
Completed: MY Messenger Laptop Bag
And it’s for ME! More than a month after I got a new laptop for Christmas, I’ve finally made a bag that will carry it and all my other stuff around! The laptop is quite small and light, just a step above a netbook, and my hope is that now that I have the PROPER…
Commission Messenger Backpack Completed
I made a large laptop/messenger bag that converts to a backpack for my friend Liz last Spring. I’ve now made a smaller one as a commission for a friend’s Mom (no chance she reads this blog, so it’s OK to post before Xmas!) It’s 11″ wide by 12″ tall and 5″ deep, with the neatest…
Almost Time to Celebrate
Yup, I’m down to 5 classes to teach, and the last show of the season I do is this weekend, a Holiday Boutique at the Redlands YMCA (S/S 9-4). I’m not bringing the “full monty” setup as I’m inside with a table, rather than outside in an EZ-UP, so it should be a much easier…
Another commission complete
This one was for my step-sister Pam. She loved my small tote, but wanted longer handles, and her hubby needed to get her a present, so all these were taken care of! I thought it would be neat to stitch her name inside the bag – she liked it!
7 Days and Counting
My biggest show of the year, Art for Heaven’s Sake, starts one week from tonight. It’s a show I’m proud to take part in as 20% of all that I sell goes to the church, for local as well as farther afield use in doing good (hurricane relief, etc…). Any old who, I’m pretty sure…
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My name is Candy Glendening,and I’m addicted to color! I dye fabric so I can have just the hue & texture I want, and then use it to make art quilts and “everyday art”.
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