After having to look at my hubby’s shabby, old toiletry bag for one too many trips away, I felt it was time to make him a new one and surprisingly, he agreed! I discussed this need with a very close colleague of mine, and she pointed out that there seemed to be a gap in […]
I felt it was time to create a bag with a different type of hardware and came to find myself pondering the possibilities of the internal wire frames by Emmaline Bags… After much pondering, and a few trials of different designs, I arrived at the Heavy Hauler Tote Bag. The frames help provide a beautifully […]
I needed a bigger shopping bag. There, I said it. And for some crazy reason, I decided to design my own… (I think I’m a bit fussy, LOL!). I knew what I wanted – it needed to be a good size, hold a fair amount of things without looking big and bulky on my shoulder, […]
A little while ago (ok, over a year ago), my darling daughter asked for a rainbow-themed birthday party. Being the excited, super-organised mum that I am, I made her and all her friends rainbow drawstring pouches to carry their rainbow-themed goodies around in as they carried out their rainbow-themed treasure hunt! It was a heap […]
I needed a birthday gift for my nephew… And I really wanted to make him something special. I bounced ideas around with my mum and she suggested a bag of some sort as he loved carrying around his toy cars – at home, and when out and about. After some brainstorming, the Good-To-Go Messenger Bag […]
A long time ago – before I officially started designing bag patterns – I created what is now known as my reusable grocery bag. I needed a compact yet large-ish bag to throw in the bottom of my handbag to take with me on shopping trips. As much as I fully support shops who don’t […]
I live in the tropics – tropical North Queensland, Australia – to be exact, and our summers typically last around 5-6 months each year. That’s a WHOLE lot of swimming! I was tired of carrying my two pretty poppets’ swimming gear around in other bags that were not designed for the purpose, having to deal […]