Bag lady

What's white and can't climb trees?
A fridge.
Graham Norton

Still playing with those photoshop brushes and still making bags.

I love the fabrics in this bag.

My daughter chose them. I asked her what colour bag she would like and she said yellow. I would never think of starting with a yellow colourway for a project.
I got out my yellow fabrics and she selected about 5 of her favourites, with the one at the top band of the bag being her absolute fave. I then put them together this way. It was fun because we came up with a completely different palette than I normally would. And I really like it. I think I want a yellow bag next.

I'm still overdosing on the photoshop brushes. But I'm beginning to figure out how I want to use them. I will get better.
Would it be useful if I had a little gallery explaining how and what I use photoshop for? I get some questions regarding this but I feel too novice for the experts and think it might be too confusing for people who have not photoshop experience.

Today's Inspiration: Suburbia website with some nice free brushes, (some that I have used in photo above).

Likes: yellow silk

Dislikes: Taking time away from my many interesting projects to get housework done.

Comments

[Nicky Fraser]

gorgeous bag! i was thinking of making a bag for my daughter's birthday and this is just the inspiration I needed... I shall set to it straight away and blog the results asap... thanks!

[carolyn]

Absolutely adore the shape and colour combination of that bag. I also very much dislike having to do the housework instead of the fun things like making. BTW I know you liked to watch Robin Hood with your children, as did I, we are now enjoying ITV's Primeval on Saturday evenings instead.

[Jan]

What a wonderful combination of fabrics! Heart-stopping!
I, for one, would very much appreciate any Photoshop suggestions/tutorials you would be willing to share. I'm very much at a beginning level, but adventurous nonetheless, so any help would be welcome!

[Gigibird]

That is a very nice bag.

[joanne S]

I see some influence Of Kumiko Sudo in the bags. Did you adapt this bag pattern or design it yourself? Very nice.

A bag tutorial would be very welcome. I do love the Photoshop things you do and wish I was geeky enough to buy the program.

[B.]

PhotoShop tutorial? Yes, please. Any help appreciated.

[Tricia Garret]

I'm a Photoshop novice too. I'd love to learn some decorative techniques - inspire me to improve my skills. Yes please.

[MARY STANLEY]

Love the bags you've made!!! Great fabrics and colors. And YES! please share any Photoshop tricks that you've learned. I am just beginning to play with it, taking an
Adult Ed. class to learn the basics. Can't wait to do some "collage" things like your wonderful cards...

[Lindsay]

beautiful bag! the photoshop experiments are begging to be silk screened or done in the devore process.

[Kate]

Housework is definitely not an interesting project. I tackled five bags of laundry for my children and me today, when all I really wanted to do was mix and match ribbons and fabric, or quilt my Liberty-top quilt, or figure out the technology on my new blog. But laundry it was.

I too love your bag's shape. And the yellow looks absolutely delicious.

[Linda Richter]

Love the bags! Would love any photoshop help you could offer, especially with the brushes.

[Linda]

I too love your bags and the wonderful colors esp the green one my fav!! would love to know if there is a pattern you used or this is your own design!! and as far as photoshop I am a complete computer dummy so the bags now those are doable!!! thanks for the inspiration I love coming here!!!Hugs Linda

[Sarah]

I just wanted to say thanks for the wonderfully creative and interesting things to look at on your site. I love to be creative, but at this time in my life I have to set that aside for a while. My daughter has cancer, so we are in the hospital now. (And in between times, it's all we can do to keep our heads above water.) It's just nice sometimes to look at pretty things and be inspired...even if there's no-where for it it go. Just nice to look... I also appreciated your comments about "wierdness" in an earlier post. My 4 year old son has "issues"...still not sure exactly what, but have looked at Asperger's...among other things.
Anyway, just wanted to say thanks -I love your style!

[Loretta]

I generally find homemade bags to be very "homemade" looking. But yours are absolutely gorgeous! I would proudly weaer any of them to work.

Off to look at my bag patterns to see what I can do.

[mathea]

Great bag - isn't it lovely to get a new perspective by letting someone else pick the fabrics?
I'm intrigued by what you get up to with Photoshop, but I know I shouldn't buy it for myself- hat would mean even more time spent with the computer, and I really need to get some sewing done ;-)

[The Border Tart]

Hello - I've been quietly enjoying your blog for a while so I'd better come clean now! The bag shapes and colours are great and any help at all with Photoshop would be apppreciated by half the world and me by the sound of things!

[lesley]

These bags are wonderful. I love the colour combinations and the fabrics look vintage - or maybe that's the knack of the selection!
Always interested to read your blog - it's full of life and colour and energy.

[Helen]

Great flower on that bag and yes to the photoshop tutorials please. Any help is very much appreciated.

[susan]

truly beuatiful and wow on the yellow! that is always a tough color.. but it is stunning.

[jaihn]

Thank you for the Suburbia link, Juju. I passed it to a friend who has posted about it, and about here - and so it goes!

[daisy]

Very wonderful!
Japanese fabric is pretty.