Over Here in Bagland

It seems that the theme—for the first month of 2025, at least—is bags. I assembled the outside of the plaid Wool and Wax Tote yesterday morning:

I’ll make the lining today and attach the handles and it will be done.

I was working on this around 10 am yesterday when I got a call from the quilt store:

“Janet, you have a class today?”

“Yes, with one student.”

“She’s here waiting for you.”

After a bit of discussion, we determined that when she signed up for the class, she was told it started at 10 am. The website indicated the class started at 1 pm. It was a simple mixup in communication. Things have been a bit crazy at the store for the past few weeks because they implemented a new point-of-sale system over the holidays and are still working out the bugs.

I looked at the clock and saw that it was 10:12 am. I said, “Give me a few minutes to brush my teeth and throw all the class supplies in the car and I can be there by 11.” The student said she was willing to wait, so that’s what I did. I walked into the store at 10:59.

We had a wonderful class together. Her husband purchased the serger for her as a Christmas present and she was motivated to learn how to use it. I think she will do just fine. She had already read through part of the book that comes with the machine.

The two of us had a good laugh because I was telling her about my upcoming Wool and Wax Tote class and she said that her husband was researching industrial sewing machines. Apparently, he has been asking her to make generator covers. I told her I got the Juki 1541 for the same reason.

While I was the store, I got supplies for one more Wool and Wax Tote:

The red is a chunk of lovely herringbone-patterned wool and the brown is the waxed canvas the store currently carries. I wanted to make a class sample using store materials because the tote they currently have on display is made from waxed canvas I purchased a couple of years ago from AL Frances Textiles on Etsy.