Purse for me...

This one wasn't made for sale, I'm starting my new job as a professional Registered Nurse next Monday and don't want to walk in there with a purse from Goodwill, lol! So I used this wonderful Moda fabric I bought on impulse in the quilt shop a couple of weeks ago, looked through my scraps & fat quarters, and even pulled out a shirt that's too small for my son.

 The handles are braided fabric strips and ribbons. And I didn't have any of the stiff Pellon interfacing I used to use for purses, so used batting and quilted the outside pieces:

 The inside lining is sewn to some denim scraps to make it a little stiffer; this doesn't have all the cell phone, keys, and pen pockets I used to put, but at least it holds my stuff... and the 1 big pocket is to hold the planner I just bought on clearance at Hobby Lobby.

I don't plan to start making purses again, there are SO many wonderful talented purse-makers out there. But if someone really, really wants something like this, I do have more of the outside fabric, although your inside pieces won't be exactly the same.
Just thought I'd share... this is the first thing I've made for ME in a looooong time, lol!

Spring Cleaning

The spring cleaning fever bug has bitten me! I put almost everything in my Etsy shop on sale 50% off, so go check it out if there's anything you've been eying.
Also, I cleaned out my sewing stash & have scrap bags of fabric and lots of patterns up there.
Now, outside to enjoy the beautiful day with my son :)

Anthropologie-Inspired "Whimsical Rhapsody" quilt

These are the Anthropologie curtains that are going in the room where my customer will use the quilts; it may be hard to see, but there is mustard yellow, turquoise, and avocado green in here:

 This was the first block I machine quilted; I'm trying a new way to machine quilt, 1 section at a time. I hate trying to lug around a full-size quilt through my little sewing machine. If this doesn't work the way I want it to, from now on, I may have to start hiring my quilting out for anything bigger than a baby quilt.

 And this photo show the original Whimsical Rhapsody quilt I made for my sister, so you can see the overall layout:

Creative Process Behind My Original "Your Love is Solid in a Broken World" fabric art

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, This design is copyrighted 2011 by Andrea Harper Kuznicki/RoseTreeOriginals.

Design idea may be used only for personal, noncommercial use for private gifts.

Welcome to the Creative Mind behind Rose Tree Originals

"Vintage Style with a Modern Attitude" is my creative motto.

Welcome to my blog! I have been sewing for 27 years, and love vintage clothes and re-using items. I am a perfectionist, with an eye for detail and what works in putting something together. Nothing I made is ever exactly alike; I pride myself that with the hundreds of items I've made over the years, each has been individual and one-of-a-kind.

My style has evolved and I let some current fashions in colors, etc, seep into my designing; but my personal style has a vintage undercurrent through most of it and somehow it always works.

My sewing resume starts at the age of 4 with my first doll quilt, and I was making my own clothes and first "real" quilt by the time I was 11. I've sewn reproduction Victorian and Civil War garments, wedding gowns, children's clothes, purses, home decor items, ladies clothing, and always have multiple quilts in progress.

Right now, I'm enjoying quick quilting methods and practicing machine quilting; vintage style baby/toddler clothes, and other miscellaneous creative stuff.
My goal with this blog is to use it to show what projects I'm working on, and the stories behind them.

Thanks for stopping by!