Angels, pouches, Paris Roubaix, and tote bags

I worked hard this weekend! Friday evening I cross stitched. I need to get these angels done. The last time I showed a picture of them was March 19. For the bottom angel The top row outlining her hair, the outlining of the wings, and the stitching for her sleeve were done, but I didn't have a picture of that.

Here is where I am now

Saturday I sewed the labels in all 70 curved topped pouches. I am glad to have that job done!

I finished my tote bag

Next I got the interfacing cut out for three more tote bags

I started cutting out the fabric for the tote bags. I decided I would only put one zippered outer pocket and one inner pocket in each bag; I put two of both in my bag. This will save me a bit of construction time. As I cut the fabric, I would press on the interfacing to all the pieces. Here I pressed on the interfacing and then pressed the handles so they were ready to top stitch.

Sunday morning I turned on the tv to watch Paris Roubaix as I sewed. It is nice to be able to watch bicycle racing again! My goodness I have a lot of stuff on my table! LOL!!! I should have cropped that out of the picture!

While I watched, I finished cutting out the remaining pieces I needed for the three tote bags and got eveything interfaced. I managed to get this tote bag done

and I got this one done too! Repetition has certainly made me faster at sewing these together!

I have the third bag interfaced and ready to sew together. You can see there are a lot of different pieces for one bag! When finished the bags measure 18" wide x 16.5" high x 3.5" in depth at the bottom.