November 29, 2016
Fancy Pants & Giveaway — Sis Boom Pattern
“He who fails to plan, plans to fail.” (Alan Lakein, Ben Franklin, Churchill, Bob’s grandmother… I dunno who really said it first, but there it is!) And frankly, I don’t buy it. It’s spontaneity that leads to adventures and discoveries.
What exactly does this have to do with sewing, holidays and the Sis Boom pattern company? Hang on. You’ll see.
Tags: Fancy pants, funked, funky, Giveaway, pattern, Sis Boom
September 20, 2016
Canada Cups Winners Announced & New Giveaway
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Edited to add:
Marian A. was the charmed winner of the 3-class prize pack provided by Craftsy. Congrats, Marian!
Rochelle F. won the black lace, but traded it in for more zippers instead.
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Welcome back! You and I both know that you’re here to find out if you, or someone you know, won a prize. Go on, admit it! … But don’t be in too much of a hurry to leave. There’s more. We wanted everyone to win so we’ve got some discounts for you, from some of our best kept Canadian secrets. Plus, I’m having a mini-giveaway of 1/2 metre of black stretch lace from my personal stash. Read past the winners’ names to find out more.
Giveaway Winners
Are you one of the lucky 10?
- Lavender and Lace bra-making class from Braphoria: Reece Montgomery (Canada)
- Two $25 CAD store credit certificates (for you and a friend) from Bra-makers Supply: Denise Marie (USA)
- Exclusive pre-release Latte bra kit from The Emerald Studio: Jodi Barrington (Canada)
- Complete bra kit including findings, underwires, and lace from Uplift Custom Bras: Angela Smith (Canada)
- The Sophie Swimsuit online class, incl. PDF pattern from Closet Case Files: Yiling (USA)
- $50 CAD store credit from Blackbird Fabrics: Chelle (USA) [Not again! This woman has a horseshoe hidden somewhere!]
- $25 CAD gift card from Ann’s Fabric Shop & a PDF pattern from Jalie: Jeannie (USA)
- $50 CAD gift card from Central Sewing Machines: Patricia (Canada)
- Complete bra kit from Custom Bras: Kelly Boggs (Canada)
- The 10th prize is a bundle of 3 classes from Craftsy, worth more than $200 USD. Their Giveaway is still open until tonight, 11:59 PM MST. This lucky skunk of a winner will be notified directly by Craftsy. (I’m so jelly!)
Discounts From Our Sponsors
—> Get the two Craftsy classes I reviewed for 50% off (half price, 2 for 1, half off…) If you love the look of corsets (they’re hot this Fall), and you can operate your sewing machine, then you definitely want to pick up at least one of these classes: Sewing Corsets: Essential Techniques – Alison Smith and/or Custom Corsets: Bones, Casings & Busks – Linda Sparks. Expires: Sept. 30
—> Visit Jalie for 20% off when you buy 3 or more PDF Patterns. Code: JALIE3PDF
—> Stop by Custom Bras for 10% off any item in stock. Code: Tour2016
—> Pop over to With Love Lingerie and score big with 50% off any order over $40. Code: Bloghop2016. Expires: Dec. 15, 2016
—> Drop in at Farthingales for 15% off your order. Code: Cancups
—> Pass by Miss Maika Fabrics to get 15% off some yummy fabric. Code: LINGERIE16. Expires: Sept. 30
Mini-Giveaway
And Another Giveaway
Craftsy (yes, them again!) is giving away a mega mystery box of crafting goodies. The prize includes a class, plus supplies based on your crafting interests. Sounds like something I want to win for myself. Maybe I shouldn’t even be telling you about this so my chances will be better. … kitty’s already out of the box, horse out of the barn… just go enter so I can shut my trap!
I’m so glad you took this trip with us. It was out of this world, but I’m dying from the jetlag now, though. (Or was it the pixie dust I swallowed in-flight?) Whatever has me so knackered, this old girl is signing off to go have a little afternoon nap.
See you soon!
Did You Miss Any of Our Posts from the Tour?
Here again are all the posts from our magical trip with the Fairy Bra Mother and our impish friends:
- Beverly, our Fairy Bra Mother, launched the tour with her airy fairy introduction
- Valérie reviewed the Craftsy class Sewing Lingerie: Essential Techniques, by Alison Smith, même en français
- Michelle S. also reviewed Sewing Lingerie: Essential Techniques, by Alison Smith
- Lisa brought us a feature on Linda at Uplift Custom Bras
- Rachel got Emerald Erin sharing her story
- Lisa fit right in as a new Pin-Up Girl using Beverly Johnson’s class, Sewing Bras: Construction and Fit on Craftsy
- Shelaine also made her first bra from Sewing Bras: Construction and Fit
- Rachelle got up close and personal with Carrie from With Love Lingerie
- Valérie went totally casual with Miss Maika Fabrics
- Rachelle wrote a review of Craftsy’s Sewing Bras: Foam, Lace & Beyond, by Beverly Johnson
- Michelle N. shared her thoughts on Sewing Bras: Foam, Lace & Beyond as well.
- Jessica from Gracious Threads got the scoop on our Fairy Bra Mother
- Deb of Sprouting Jubejube chatted with Emilie from Jalie
- Karin and her daughter got chaotic (twice!) with their corsets at Sewing Corsets: Essential Techniques, by Alison Smith & Custom Corsets: Bones, Casing & Busks, by Linda Sparks
- Marsha flew by the seams of her pants into the same two corset classes from Craftsy
- Shelaine had a lovely chat with Melissa from Ann’s Fabric Shop
- Michelle N. got Karin of Mrs. Weaver’s to talk about her Finest Unmentionables
- Rachel tried her hands at designing her own assets with another Craftsy class Sewing Bras: Designer Techniques, by Beverly Johnson
- Jessica did the same with Sewing Bras: Designer Techniques, by Beverly Johnson
- Valérie came back again for an interview with Blackbird Fabrics
- Michelle N. took us for a look at her favourite local sewing spot, Central Sewing Machines
- Michelle S. returned to talk to Wendy of Custom Bras about her bespoke bras. Be what??
- Marsha got a taste of what’s behind Farthingales’ corsets
- Deb went bottoms up in the latest Beverly Johnson/Craftsy collaboration, Sewing Panties: Construction & Fit
- And so did Michelle in her Sewing Panties: Construction & Fit class
- Linda brought up the rear with her wrap-up post on Farthingales
Coming Up:
- Come back to visit all the blogs for followup posts. It’s always fun!
- See you next year for another round of …
Tags: blog tour, Canada, Canada Cups, craftsy, Fairy Bra Mother, Giveaway, lace, lingerie
September 18, 2016
Canada Cups Giveaway 2016
We’re finally at the end of our official Canada Cups tour, but we’re not quite finished yet. We have some exciting prizes to give away — 10 of them, in fact. But before I let you loose with the entries, how about a round of applause for our stupendous bloggers and indulgent sponsors who made this all possible?
Our Bloggers
The links to all their blog posts are at the end so please visit and revisit in the coming weeks because we’re not done with our unofficial posts about intimate topics and scandalous unmentionables.
Our Magnanimous Sponsors
Thank you all for joining us as we ran circles around the country in our foundation garments like a C-list slasher movie. (What’s up with those, anyway?) It’s been a pleasure taking you into our sewing rooms, bedrooms and in some cases, our living rooms. Please come back and visit soon.
¡Hasta la proxima!
Giveaways
Will you be one of the big winners in our tour?
10 prizes = 10 winners
* All dollar amounts are in Canadian currency (CAD) unless otherwise specified.
- Braphoria (Mrs Weaver’s) is giving the Lavender and Lace bra-making class to one lucky winner.
- From Bra-makers Supply we have two $25 store credit certificates (for you and a friend).
- Exclusive pre-release Latte bra kit from The Emerald Studio.
- Uplift Custom Bras is providing one winner with a full bra kit including findings, underwires, and lace from Linda’s private stash.
- One winner will receive the Sophie Swimsuit online class and PDF pattern from Closet Case Files.
- Some lucky duck will win a $50 store credit from Blackbird Fabrics.
- We’ve combined a $25 gift card from Ann’s Fabric Shop with a PDF pattern from Jalie for one of our winners.
- Central Sewing has a $50 gift card for a certain someone.
- Custom Bras is prepared to fit out one winner with a bra kit.
- The 10th prize is a bundle of 3 classes from Craftsy. Winner will be notified directly by Craftsy. Click Here to Enter
Go ahead and jump right into the giveaway now. You’ve waited long enough.
Three (yes 3!) Craftsy classes of your choice:
Complete Tour Itinerary
It’s been magical, people, just magical
All Posts
- Beverly, our Fairy Bra Mother, launched the tour with her airy fairy introduction
- Valérie reviewed “Sewing Lingerie: Essential Techniques”, by Alison Smith, même en français
- Michelle S. reviewed the same class
- Lisa brought us a feature on Linda at Uplift Custom Bras
- Rachel got Emerald Erin sharing her story
- Lisa fit right in as a new Pin-Up Girl using Beverly Johnson’s class, “Sewing Bras: Construction and Fit”
- Shelaine also made her first bra from the same class
- Rachelle got up close and personal with Carrie from With Love Lingerie
- Valérie went totally casual with Miss Maika Fabrics
- Rachelle wrote a review of “Sewing Bras: Foam, Lace & Beyond”, by Beverly Johnson
- Michelle N. shared her thoughts on the same Craftsy class
- Jessica from Gracious Threads got the scoop on our Fairy Bra Mother
- Deb of Sprouting Jubejube chatted with Emilie from Jalie
- Karin and her daughter got chaotic (twice!) with their corsets at “Sewing Corsets: Essential Techniques”, by Alison Smith & “Custom Corsets: Bones, Casing & Busks”, by Linda Sparks
- Marsha flew by the seams of her pants into the same corsetry air space
- Shelaine had a lovely chat with Melissa from Ann’s Fabric Shop
- Michelle got Karin of Mrs. Weaver’s to talk about her Finest Unmentionables
- Rachel tried her hands at designing her own assets
- Jessica did the same with her Craftsy class, “Sewing Bras: Designer Techniques”, by Beverly Johnson
- Valérie came back again for an interview with Blackbird Fabrics
- Michelle N. took us to her favourite local sewing spot
- Michelle S. returned to talk to Wendy about her bespoke bras. Be what??
- Marsha got a taste of what’s behind Farthingales’ corsets
- Deb went bottoms up
- And so did Michelle in her new panties
- Linda brings up the rear with her wrap-up post on Farthingales
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Monday, September 19
Have you entered the giveaways yet? Today’s your last chance.
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Tuesday, September 20
Giveaway winners announced on all the blogs:
Life of a Fairy Bra Mother, Little Heart Threads, Glitter in my Coffee, Michelle’s Creations, Mrs. Weaver’s Finest Unmentionables, Braphoria, Gracious Threads, Élégantine!, Shelaine’s Designs, That’s so Venice, Sprouting Jubejube, Flying by the Seam of my Pants, The Wild Stitch, Farthingales Corset Blog
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After September 20
- Come back to visit all the blogs for followup posts. It’s always fun!
- Craftsy class discounts expire at midnight Sept. 30
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Tags: blog tour, Canada, Corset, craftsy, creative, Fairy Bra Mother, Giveaway, intimates, lace, lingerie, panties, unmentionables
September 15, 2016
Canada Cups — Craftsy Corset Classes
Hey! Come on into my boudoir for a moment. We have to talk about something very intimate. Remember when my friend Gem, the burlesque dancer, posted on Facebook that she just finished making 2 corsets? And I thought she couldn’t have made them from scratch; she probably just added some feathers and bows to personalize it. Because nobody makes corsets at home on their domestic sewing machines! Remember that? I guess not, since I never told you about it before this.
Truth is, I thought all undergarments were made by some mysterious heavy industrial machines that could shape and curve fabric and bend underwires. Oh boy! Was I wrong! And glad of it. Who knew that I would have, in the last two months, learned everything I need to know to make my very own skivvies with underwires, busks*, boning and all. Lay back on the silky pillows and let me take you on a journey, down a very adult rabbit hole with Craftsy and the girls. (I normally hate adulting, but this is fun.)
Tags: blog tour, bra, Canada, Corset, craftsy, Fairy Bra Mother, Giveaway, intimates, lingerie, underwear, unmentionables
September 14, 2016
Canada Cups — Day 3 Itinerary
Happy Hump Day!! And in the spirit of the day, plus the theme of the tour, let’s all sing a rousing chorus of “My Humps” (Black Eyed Peas): My humps, my humps, my lovely lady lumps. My humps, my humps… I’m not sure this song has any more lyrics, so let’s call it done, shall we?
Here is where you will find 4 fabulous Canadian bloggers discussing their humps, lumps and bumps today:
Enjoy!
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Wednesday, September 14
- Rachelle layers it on with her review of a Craftsy class
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Her surrogate Bosom Buddy Michelle N. from Michelle’s Creations weighs in on the same Craftsy class - Jessica from Gracious Threads gets the skinny on our Fairy Bra Mother
- Deb of Sprouting Jubejube chats with Emilie from Jalie
Meet you at the next stop!
P.S. Be sure to enter the awesome giveaway by our sponsor Craftsy.
Giveaways
Click the image above now for a chance to win a bundle of 3 Craftsy classes (your choice):
Stay with us to the end of the tour for a chance to win additional prizes from these generous sponsors:
- complete kits to make your own bra,
- bra- and swimsuit-making classes,
- fabric, and more …
Thank you to these amazing sponsors who are helping make this tour a success:
Complete Tour Itinerary
Come along on the magical tour to see what we all have under our clothes
// Please note that none of these post links are available before the scheduled date. If you click on one too early, you will get an Error 404: Page not found. You know about those, right? //
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Sunday, September 11
- Beverly, our Fairy Bra Mother, launches with her airy fairy introduction
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Monday, September 12
- Valérie, la Élégantine, gets us airborne with some lingerie of her own, même en français
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Her Bosom Buddy Michelle S. from Little Heart Threads, balances with more sweet lingerie - Lisa who drinks Glitter in my Coffee brings us an Uplifting post
- Rachel of The Wild Stitch manages a little tête-à-tête with Emerald Erin
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Tuesday, September 13
- Lisa fits right in as a new Pin Up Girl
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Her Bosom Buddy, Shelaine, also makes her first bra - Rachelle gets up close and personal with Carrie from With Love Lingerie
- Valérie returns with a whole new Bosom Buddy to tell us about Miss Maika Fabrics (This girl gets around!)
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Wednesday, September 14 <<——— We are here
- Rachelle gets to the bottom of things with her review of a Craftsy class
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Her surrogate Bosom Buddy Michelle N. from Michelle’s Creations dishes on the same Craftsy class - Jessica from Gracious Threads gets the skinny on our Fairy Bra Mother
- Deb of Sprouting Jubejube chats with Emilie from Jalie
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Thursday, September 15
- Karin gets chaotic (twice!) with corsets at Mrs. Weaver’s Finest Unmentionables
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Her BB Marsha flies by the seams of her pants into the corsetry web - Shelaine is up to something and we have no idea what
- Michelle gets Mrs. Weaver to talk about her Finest Unmentionables
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Friday, September 16
- Wild Stitch Rachel tries her hands at designing her own assets
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So does her Cross Country BB Jess from the west - Valérie est du rétour avec une entrevue de Blackbird
- Michelle N. takes us to a secret spot in the centre of things
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Saturday, September 17
- Michelle S. returns to talk to Wendy about her bespoke bras. Be what??
- Marsha gets a taste of what’s behind Farthingales’ corsets
- Meanwhile BBs Deb and Michelle N. go bottoms up in panties
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Sunday, September 18
Whoohoo! It’s giveaway day today!
- Marsha from Seam of my Pants guest posts on Farthingales for the wrap-up post
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Monday, September 19
Have you entered the giveaways yet? Today’s your last chance.
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Tuesday, September 20
Giveaway winners announced on all the blogs:
Life of a Fairy Bra Mother, Little Heart Threads, Glitter in my Coffee, Michelle’s Creations, Mrs. Weaver’s Finest Unmentionables, Braphoria, Gracious Threads, Élégantine!, Shelaine’s Designs, That’s so Venice, Sprouting Jubejube, Flying by the Seam of my Pants, The Wild Stitch, Farthingales Corset Blog
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After September 20
- Come back to visit all the blogs for followup posts. It’s always fun!
- Craftsy class discounts expire at midnight Sept. 30
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Tags: blog tour, bras, Canada, Corset, craftsy, Fairy Bra Mother, Giveaway, intimates, Jalie, lingerie, unmentionables
April 10, 2016
Flash Finale Giveaway — The Great Canadian Craftsy Bag Tour
Hello again!
We’ve just barely made it home after our Craftsy escapade all across Canada. We’re unpacking our luggage and finding some great souvenirs from the trip, but it’s just too much to keep for ourselves. And because you’ve been such perfect road trip companions, we’d like to share them with you. Up for grabs are 4 coveted prize packs from our travels, as well as the special gift that Craftsy sent to us while we were gone galavanting.
Be quick about it! Giveaway closes soon.
* This post contains affiliate links. If you visit one of those pages via my link, I may receive a small commission from the seller, at no additional cost to you.
First up is the Craftsy gift:
This colourful tote bag kit includes the Rowan Three-Quarter Patch Tote pattern, some stunning Kaffe Fassett fabric, plus all the Pellon Fusible Fleece stabilizer you will need for the project. The only things you would have to add to this are a coordinating button, some thread and your time. Voila! You have a gorgeous tote that will be the envy of tote-al strangers. It’s almost like instant Jello pudding, only better! Follow this link to enter before midnight April 11, 2016:
The Souvenir Prizes
Prize A (Canadian, US and International entries accepted)
- 1 Craftsy Class: “Mix & Match: Clutch Bag Techniques” by Janelle MacKay of Emmaline Bags
Prize B (Open to Canadian residents only)
- $32CAD store voucher for Tangled Blossoms Design (Redeemable in fabric and S&H)
- The Manhattan Bag PDF Pattern
- The Manhattan Mama Hardware Kit
Prize C (Open to Canadian residents only)
Prize D (Canadian, US and International entries accepted)
- 1 PDF Purse Pattern (winner’s choice) from Blue Calla Sewing Patterns
How to Enter
Sign in to Rafflecopter below, or follow this link:
Giveaway Rules:
- Prizes are awarded “as is”. No substitutions.
- Deadline for entries is 10 AM PST on Monday, April 11.
- Winner’s will be notified by email within 3 hours of the contest closing, and will then have 24 hours in which to respond to the organizers.
- It is each participant’s responsibility to ensure they sign in to Rafflecopter with a valid email address, and also check their email accounts for notification.
- Entries requiring a blog post comment, social media follow, or trivia answer will be verified using the name provided by the participant.
- The giveaway is open to anyone worldwide. International or US residents who win a prize designated as for Canadian Residents Only may be required to pay for the additional shipping, or forfeit the prize. If said winner chooses to forfeit the prize, another winner will be chosen from the remaining eligible entries.
Many, many thanks to all the wonderful people who’ve followed us on The Great Canadian Craftsy Bag Tour. We hope you learned a little about our very large, diverse and beautiful country while you got a peek into some of our favourite Craftsy classes.
And very special thanks to the amazing, supportive people who helped make the giveaway and our graphics just that much better: Celine from Blue Calla Patterns and Elle from Brand UR Shop Graphic Design. Take a bow ladies!
Happy travels until the next time we take you tripping and traipsing!
Marsha, Janelle, Deb, Fiona, Michelle, Reece, Shelaine & Ula
I leave you now with buckets, bags and pouches of gratitude for having shared this epic adventure with us. And also with a bit of advice: If/when you visit our lovely and expansive country, please remember that unless your host says otherwise, you should remove your outdoor shoes upon entering someone’s home. Be sure to wear your clean, un-holey socks, like your mama told you.
Tags: bags, Canada, craftsy, Giveaway, rafflecopter, road trip, souvenir, tote bag, win
April 9, 2016
Tripping on Craftsy: A Week in the Bag
Day 6
It’s been a few decades since I left Alberta, but here I am — virtually waking up hungover in Janelle’s stock room. The past few days have been a crazy ride all over Canada with some of the sweetest, most talented sewists and bloggers up here in the Great White North.
I’ve dragged you along as I’ve criss-crossed the country with these ladies and peered into their sewing rooms. (A few of you were held hostage with a bow & arrow, but there were no charges laid so it doesn’t count.) So many miles, even more Kilometres, and oh so many pretty bags! — we covered it all with the help of our favourite enabler, Craftsy.*
This virtual road trip was a huge rush in so many ways, my head is still spinning. While I hunt down some Timmie’s coffee and dream of going home to my Montreal bagels, take a look back through the itinerary:
And be sure to visit all my new friends across Canada:
- Shelaine @ Shelaine’s Designs
- Fiona @ Tangled Blossoms Design
- Michelle @ Michelle’s Creations
- Reece @ Happy Okapi
- Ula @ Lulu & Celeste
- Deb @ Sprouting JubeJube
- Janelle @ Emmaline Bags
Each one of these bloggers has a discount link for you to take 50% off the class they reviewed. The discounts all expire next week, so now is the time to make the rounds and get those bag-making classes you’ve been thinking about. You can pick up Learn to Sew: Simple Bags for half price here, until Monday. No special link needed for Bag-Making Basics: Reversible Tote & Zipper Pouch because it’s always free.
Don’t forget you can enter to win a tote bag kit from Craftsy right now. Follow this link:
As long as I’m here in Janelle’s stock room, I suppose it wouldn’t hurt to pick up some of that delicious bag-bling that’s stabbing me in the latissimus dorsi. This one‘s my favourite.
Until tomorrow, then!
PS. You know about tomorrow, right?
Day 5
We’re zipping across the wide expanse of Canada, the second largest country in the world geographically. And today we have a change in the itinerary. Do you have any idea how far out of the way you can go if you take the wrong exit? We originally thought we’d stop off at Shelaine’s place, toss her in her duffle bag and go out to see Fiona on the east coast. But we’re going straight through to Fiona first, because well, the TransCanada Highway does not go through Southern Ontario. I’m sure glad Terry Fox knew that before he started his run. Or did he?
Fiona got out of bed early to brush up on her skills with the Craftsy class 20 Essential Techniques for Better Bags with Lisa Lam. Her very detailed post is “riveting”, and as delightful as a big tin of Quality Street sweets from the other side of the pond. Go check out the sweet carpet bag she’s working on at Tangled Blossoms Design. And don’t forget to comment so she knows you want her tutorial. She even ups the temptation factor with a 50% discount code for the class.
With a delicious buzz and a few extra bottles from the Annapolis Valley wine country where she lives, we grab Fiona and backtrack to start Friday Happy Hour with Shelaine in Southern Ontario. As long as we’re close by, let’s just pick up some of the Niagara wine region’s Ice Wine. If you’ve never had icewine, put that on your bucket list too. You’ll thank me once that elixir of the gods hits your taste buds.
While we sip our wine, Shelaine is going to give us the skinny on how things went with her Craftsy class, Sew Better Bags: The Weekend Duffel with Betz White. I have my own strong opinions of the class and I’m dying to hear what Shelaine thinks. Come join us for Happy Hour and kick off the weekend un peu soul/soule. By the way, Shelaine has a special 50% discount link for Betz’s class.
Driving under the affluence of incohol is a very (very, very, very) bad thing to do so no more driving after all this wine. We’ll take our carry-on luggage and fly by the seams of our pants back to Emmaline Bags on Saturday for a wrap up of our adventures.
I’m off to start Happy Hour!
PS. If you haven’t entered yet to win a Tote Bag Kit plus stabilizer from Craftsy, do it right now!
PPS. To try for even more amazing prizes, be sure to bookmark this blog and come back on Sunday, April 10 at 1PM Eastern. Or you could sign up for my newsletter to get a reminder so you won’t have to set your alarm.
Day 4
We left BC last night and went over the mountain, to see what we could see. And all that we could see, and all that we could see, was the other side of the mountain, the other side of… Not a bad view, actually.
Today’s stop is at Michelle’s Creations in Alberta to see all the bras bags she’s made. Unlike me, Michelle has some sense of decorum and therefore didn’t pull out her unmentionables for us but she did show us the stunning clutch bag she made from her Craftsy class, Mix & Match: Clutch Bag Techniques with Janelle MacKay.
To be quite honest, I was worried for Michelle that this could get ugly. Or at the very least, put her under too much pressure to be nice. I hate reading review posts where the writer is so afraid of offending someone that the whole thing sounds like rice pudding without the pudding. And this situation was particularly challenging in my mind. First, Michelle was reviewing a class by someone who is also on this tour. If feathers get ruffled in the car, it could make for a very tense road trip. The second challenge here is that both ladies live in the same small town. I don’t need to tell you how many ways things could go wrong there.
I needn’t have worried. Michelle did an outstanding job with the review and produced a bag that is so stunning … let’s just say if that bag should go missing from her house, there will be no shortage of suspects. (And they will all be zipping off to Ontario in the same getaway car.)
Pop in to Michelle’s and have a peak in her clutch bag. When she’s not looking, snag her link to get 50% off the price of Janelle’s class. But don’t let “Catherine” catch you.
Before I go, does anyone recognize what I was singing in the first line? For some reason, I get strange looks every time I go over Mont-Real (Mount Royal) and I burst into song. To the tune of “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow”, everybody sing …
The bear went over the mountain
The bear went over the mountain
The bear went over the mountaaaayn
To see what he could see
And all that he could see
And all that he could see
Was the other side of the mountain
The other side of the mountain
The other side of the mountaaaayn
Was all that he could see
Have fun with that!
Day 3
We drove all night … and we sang along with Celine Dion (oh yes, she’s our Canadian superstar): “I drove all night to get to you. Is that alright? I drove all night…” Sing along with Celine*, Deb, Ula and me as we visit Reece in Beautiful British Columbia today.
Reece from Happy Okapi has done some spectacular sewing, and written a review of the Craftsy class Sew Sturdy Travel Organizers with Annie Unrein. This is, by far, the most organized, honest and helpful class or pattern review I have ever read (and I read a lot!). Plus the travel organizer she made is just stunning! You have to see the photos. Outstanding job on both counts, Reece!
While you’re there, look for her link to get 50% off the price of the class.
Join us again tomorrow as we make a pit stop in the prairies to see how Michelle handles things with her Craftsy class, Michelle’s Creations — Mix & Match: Clutch Bag Techniques with Janelle MacKay. (Check out the complete tour schedule below.)
Day 2
{{Briiiiiiiiingggggg, Briiinnnng}}… Craftsy Calling. Get out of bed!
10 AM
Hello… HUH??? Whaaaaa? OH $&%! I slept in! I slept in. I’m late, I’m late…
I’m late for the epic road trip — The Great Canadian Craftsy Bag Tour. Wait for me, wait for meeeeeee.
Oh! I have the car keys… In that case, y’all come in, make yourselves some coffee (or tea. I got lots of tea) and hang out while I get myself cleaned up. Better to wait and miss the rush hour traffic on the bridge anyway.
1 PM
Just stopped off at Deb’s place with the Sprouting JubeJubes to see her pot of binding and grab some coffee. That Champlain Bridge, man! Anyway, I discovered she was over there making stewed rabbit. Go see what I mean! Poor Wabbit!
As long as you’re there, don’t miss the discount link to get your class for half price.
2 PM
We’re picking up Ula at Lulu and Celeste, and can you believe it? The woman is still in her pajamas. She’s not even finished packing her bag! Shall we leave her a comment and tell her to get a move on? We’ve got to get to Reece in Happy Okapi by tomorrow morning.
But don’t leave without your 50% off discount link to Craftsy.
Day 1
Catch up on Day 1 here and here.
Complete Tour Schedule
Monday, April 5
Emmaline Bags — Tour Kickoff
Seam of my Pants — Learn to Sew: Simple Bags with Nicole Vasbinder
Tuesday, April 5
Sprouting JubeJube — Sew Sturdy: Home Organizers with Annie Unrein
Lulu & Celeste — Sewing With Oilcloth: Bags & Baskets with Kathy McGee
Wednesday, April 6
Happy Okapi — Sew Sturdy Travel Organizers with Annie Unrein
Thursday, April 7
Michelle’s Creations — Mix & Match: Clutch Bag Techniques with Janelle MacKay
Friday, April 8
Shelaine’s Designs — Sew Better Bags: The Weekend Duffel with Betz White
Tangled Blossoms Design — 20 Essential Techniques for Better Bags with Lisa Lam
Saturday, April 9
Emmaline Bags — Recap/Roundup
Sunday, April 10
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Tags: bagmaking, bags, blog tour, carpet bag, clutch, craftsy, duffle bag, Giveaway, home organizer, oilcloth, tote bag, travel organizer