A Year of Finishes - 2023, Bags Bags Bags, Etsy shop

New “Photo Box” and 36th to 38th Finish in A Year of Finishes

John recently built a “photo box” (not sure what to call it) for photography my items for my Etsy shop (TextilesandSmiles) and for photographing items for his Etsy shop (to be opened someday and hopefully called MightyMoeCreations). He designed it so it could be easily assembled and dissembled for storage.

I finished 3 more drawstring/project bags as part of my A Year of Finishes – 2023  project.

The fabric is from my trip to the  Missouri Star Quilt Company (MSQC) for a quilting retreat in early 2022. It is their custom fabric which is designed to look like traditional quilt blocks in a quilt. If you’d like to see the posts from my MSQC Retreat adventure here is the link to those 6 posts – Missouri Star Quilt Retreat.

A Year of Finishes - 2023, Bags Bags Bags

A Year of Finishes: 12th to 20th Finish

Yes, I am counting each individual drawstring/project bag as one finish…

So I finished 9 more drawstring/project bags recently as part of my A Year of Finishes – 2023  Project.

Five (5) rainbow fabric bags:

With either a coordinating floral or a yellow striped interior:

I also finished four (4) gray/copper knitting themed bags with gray flannel bottoms and trim:

I had this cool Moda fabric in my stash that I made the interior of the bags:

I am probably going to finish one more set of the drawstring/project bags and then stop. Recently an exciting opportunity for 2024 has come my way and I need to pivot on my priorities. More in a future post!