Behind the Seams Blog

My Fleur tote is one of my most popular styles. It’s a simple no frills tote, although you can custom order it with the Zoe Pocket Set and/or an outer zippered pocket. It’s nice and wide allowing lots of room to stuff it full if needed. I love making the Fleurs as they lend themselves…

Butterfly Joy   Croatia Mules Forest Dance Hanging With My Gnomies Iris Beauty Black Cat Beauty White Cat Beauty Koi on Sky Blue Orchids Waves Batik Multi-colored Golf Tees

Raschell, one of my wonderful regular customers, asked for a knitting bag for her sister that featured bears. I had this Teddy Bear Picnic fabric stashed away and she said oh yes, that’s the one. She decided on a large Kipster but the zippered pocket on that style would cut right through the picnic scene…

My Kipster knitting bag is popular with  knitters who like to have a project all packed up and ready to go. Pockets inside organize your notions, pockets on the outside can hold keys or phone if you wish. Add a wristlet, a carabiner, a shoulder strap or a shoulder strap belt combo and you can…

I try to keep a nice variety of these sets in stock but they sell pretty quickly and then I start the sewing process all over again! Here are three new sets and I have three more in the works. Prefer another fabric? Check out the custom order page   Crane Stripe in green, zippered…

Here’s a wonderful selection of photographs sent to my by some of my customers showing their new Zoe bags!  

Spring Trees Scattered Skulls Retro Kitties Niwa Dragonflies on red Niwa Dragonflies on cream Mod Cats Mahj on Blue Love my Dog Koko Cranes Karuta -Japanese for cards Golf Balls and Tees Effervescence Dancing Dragons multi Dancing Dragons gold Chihuahuas Laurel Burch Celestial Magic Baa    

I designed the Alpaca years ago for a customer who was knitting large projects like blankets and sweaters and wanted something more attractive that a big old plastic bag. This is a large bag with plenty of room for your WIP and all the yarn that goes with it. It’s 17.5″ tall with a 12″…

As restrictions on small gatherings are starting to loosen I am seeing customers looking for storage bags for their mahjong equipment in preparation for getting back to playing (and winning) again! The Slide was designed to hold a large Mahjong card. A zippered pocket inside gives you a place to put coins or other items…

Golden Retrievers and cactus Wigglebutts Steampunk on green Siamese Cats Mika in Papaya Orange Otters Effervescence in purple Mika in Blue Effervescence in Green Fruit Ladies Flowery Unicorns Floragraphix in Purple Butterfly Batik Colorful Cats