My pal Peggy is a book seller’s dream. I don’t know how many book clubs she belongs to, but it takes a serious bag to carry her books around.
I decided to make a super sturdy, reinforced bag with “bones” for Peggy to wag those books around. I bonded a striped cotton to canvas, but with [...]
It was Zirah who said ” I’m sure that a well made handbag could, in its own way, somehow make the evolutionary process easier.”
Zirah is, admittedly, not a purse girl. And I’m not out to convert anyone. But I thought she might just like this cute little mini-purse. She can think of it as a [...]
Our supervisor Rosemary is retiring after 39 years. We really hate to see her go, but she certainly deserves some time to herself.
I made this bag so we could all sign it. The shell is khaki canvas, with silk trim from a thrift store men’s shirt. The handle can be doubled and carried short, [...]
My dear friend (and sister) Linda loves pink and green. She says that when she sees them together it makes her heart sing. And just as her birthday was approaching, it occurred to me that nobody deserves a heart-singing pink and green uno by sumo more than she does.
I found a pink and green striped [...]
My Aunt Emma is elegance personified. So when she told me she wanted a sumo original, my suspicions were confirmed: I rock.
Emma liked Kika’s purse, but wanted a smaller bag. She chose a red and cream toile, which we coordinated with a deep red silk. The lining is ecru silk, with pockets and a key [...]
My dear friend Tahra showed me this beautiful piece of Egyptian print fabric, and I guess she saw me drool, because she gave the fabric to me. I made it into a skirt for my mom, and lucky for me, she didn’t care for it, and gave it back to me.
I made it into a [...]
Below is a bag I made for our former lab manager Kim the Fish Lady. Kim was all about fish. Fish bowls, fish stickers, and colorful little plastic fish, which she gave as rewards for good customer service. I earned a few myself, and made some into earrings.
Kim eventually moved to a [...]
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This is a huge tote I made from fabric that was given to me by a sweet little girl named Jenny. I wonder what ever happened to her. (Jenny, if you read this, we all miss you.)
My friend and co-worker Karen (the Work Goddess) mentioned that she uses her own [...]
My long, long-time friend Marty Anne asked me to make a bag for her. In her soft southern drawl, she only specified “something simple, with feathers.”
Here is a picture of Marty’s bag. I put some feathers on it, along with some beads and an arrowhead that I made out of [...]