my new duffle.

so, i have been meaning to make a duffle bag for myself for ages.  i bought the studio cherie travel duffle pattern in january of last year!  

yes, i looked, purchased on January 12, 2012!

we have been going on lots of small trips here and there and i just got so tired of my old reebok gym bag.  why oh why do i not have a beautiful hand made duffle bag???

so, with my pattern in hand and with the gorgeous anna maria fabric amber generously sent to me, i went to work and finished it up at about 3 in the morning the day of our snowmobiling trip 

i love it so much! the flowers and the butterflies on the top of the bag make me so happy and the fmf on the inside is gorgeous.  the jute i have has red striping in it and it smelled strongly of oil so pink shot cotton to the rescue.  

i copied sara and made the straps like she did for her amazing duffle.  this is what she did...

"instead of jute webbing, i cut 3 8" pieces of kona snow. i made 2 62" pieces and then seamed the long sides to make a tube. i ironed 3.5" wide fusible fleece to each strap and then turned it inside out, enclosing the fleece on the inside. then i topstitched the FMF to the white straps."

i did the same thing and i am happy with the straps.  

spencer told me that it looks great but that he will never carry it for me.  

we had a wonderful time in island park snowmobiling with friends and i was very happy to have my clothes in such an amazingly beautiful hand made duffle bag!  

also, he lied...

xx

nicke

oh and one more thing...  i bought this pattern last night immediately after i saw the two jacey made on flickr and i am happy to say that my kiddos will soon have duffle bags of their own! ;)

lets eat!

in an effort to be more healthy with my food choices i have returned returned to an oldie but a very goodie and updated it a bit.

during the summer i love growing yellow squash and zucchini in my garden.  i sautée it in a frying pan with onion, s&p, butter and a little water.  it is heavenly.  i throw in some "shrimps" when i make it for myself because my dear husband doesn't love them.

but, like i said.  i am trying to be healthier (aka paleo) so i updated my simple recipe a bit.

i only substituted coconut oil for the butter but hell, it is a change!

one small zucchini

one small yellow squash

one small red onion

one tbs coconut oil

salt and pepper to taste.

10-12 shrimp

sautée the veggies until slightly tender then add the shrimp and allow to cook until pink

then eat it all up!

im going to link up with miss debbie's table and possibly make this for myself for dinner tonight... 

everyone else will probably have cereal. ;)

xx

nicke