September TIF and other craftiness

I finished this month's Take It Further Challenge yesterday and am very happy with it.
The theme for the month was "Lists" and I don't remember what the color scheme was.

I have to admit that I am a listmaker deep down. They make me feel secure that I have a handle on things and allow me to reason through things and double (and triple) -check that I haven't missed anything.
I have lists for everything! Projects, packing, books to read, addresses, on and on and on.
The one list I use on a daily basis is the grocery list. I have fond memories of reading and puzzling over my mom's shorthand on her list when I was a child. It took me a little while to figure out t.p. and p-nut butr.
Things like this regularly appear on my list now, as well.

The first idea for this piece was going to be a CQ square centered around a grocery list with these fabrics in a rainbow arrangement on either side, but when I laid them out, I liked the color wheel appearance much better.
I chose a Days Of The Week image off of Needlecrafter's index and hand drew it onto the white part.

So here is the bag. I stitched the whole thing to a canvas tote and found some trim that resembled the embroidery I was planning on doing and saved myself several hours of work!


I enjoyed how nicely the points came together in the center. I had a button stranding by - just in case- but I ended up not needing it! The white tucked down much nicer than it looks here when it was all stitched down.


Here you can see the drawing of the girlie going to market and the trim I chose.


Then I started having fun with the color accent feature on my camera...
Reds and oranges..


Yellows.


Greens


Blues


Brownish-es...

Remember you can click on any of the pictures for a larger image!

In other craftiness...
I whipped out this baby quilt from this cheater panel and an applique. So cute and very soft, and on clearance at Jo-ann's. I went back and grabbed another one for the next baby that comes along because they werte so cute!


It wasn't quite girlie enough so I chose a very flowerey flannel for the back.


And I had to take pictures quickly before the squatter showed up.





I also made this purse for Dodo from the pattern in the most recent "Handmade" mag.
It is my first attempt at something like this, but then it turned out pretty well, IMHO!


I also made a mini-purse for Dodo Barbie. It was a lot harder to futz that lining int such a small purse... I don't think I will be doing that again in the near future...


That is all for now. I am making good progress on Keith's quilt and will be spending the day at a blanket bee for Project Linus...

Happy Stitching!