Hello Sweden

I recently sold another Messenger Bag from my HM Mills Shop.

It's been a few weeks since I had an international order so I was surprise by the buyer's location: Örebro, Närke Sweden.  While I do know where Sweden is located, the words, Örebro, Närke intrigued me, as I was packing my bag for a long trip.  So what's a girl to do?  I Googled it of course. 


From the friendly folks at Wikipedia:

Närke is a Swedish traditional province, or landskap, situated in Svealand in south central Sweden. It is bordered by Västmanland to the north, Södermanland to the east, Östergötland to the southeast, Västergötland to the southwest, and Värmland to the northwest.

Örebro [œrəˈbruː] is a city, the seat of Örebro Municipality and the capital of Örebro County in Sweden with 107,038 inhabitants in 2010. 

Children at Östra Vintergatan street (East Winter street) in Rosta in Örebro

Safe travels, messenger bag...
 

Messenger Bags for Men in Steel Gray - Back in the Shop

Last June I lamented about using the last of my favorite gray hemp/cotton fabric which I used for my Gray Steel Hemp/Cotton/Canvas Messenger Bags...(It Happened this Week). 

Well as I was perusing my favorite online fabric supplier's website, I spotted it. No big announcements, no parades, no shouting from the rooftops.  Just a small thumbnail down at the bottom of the page.  Gray Hemp/Cotton was back in stock. 

There were 75 yards available, now there are only 45 yards available.

Back in the shop: Gray Steel Hemp/Cotton Messenger Bags & Gray Steel Market Bags.

A great messenger bag for men, it comes in two sizes, one will accommodate at 15 inch laptop, the other a 17 inch laptop. 

And for women, another best seller, my market bag is large, carry everything in this bag, great adjustable strap for over the shoulder or across the  body.

Needless to say, I've been sewing.  Oh happy day.

It's the Most Wonderful Time....

....of the year...

We spent Christmas Eve dinner with the family at Aunt MaryBeth's house this year.  Can there be anything better than feeling crisp cold air, a wonderfully decorated house, great food and an evening of laughs?

Yes, Christmas Day Dinner and finally a family photo that my sister Alex states, "we've been waiting years to take this photo."

Happy Holidays!

Studio Madness

It's that time of year.

I am catching up on Holiday orders so its been a bit quiet on the blog lately, or should I say, I have been a bit of a slacker with keeping up on my blogging.   Not only has the blog been neglected, but my Studio as well.

I usually pride myself in keeping my Studio fairly organzied, but during this time of year, not so much...

Bags in various stages of completion, straps, lining and etc just laying all about....What a mess.

I'll be back after the holidays, a few more orders to ship before DH and I head North for Christmas in a few days.

Have a wonderful holiday.

Helen

New Messenger Bag

Just in time for back to school, I decided it was time to use the few yards of my Amy Butler's Soul Blossom's fabric collection.
 

Messenger Bag Back to School Brown & Bliss Temple Tulip Azure  

I made this Messenger bag with a heavy brown cotton canvas for the exterior and lined it with a print from Amy Butler's Soul Blossoms -  Bliss Temple Tulip Azure.

This pretty print is also used on the outside flap. The heavy canvas exterior and the double stitching used for both interior and exterior seams for make this a large and durable bag.


A very large messenger bag - big enough for a 17" laptop, which you can find here.