Hi Everyone!

I am so happy to be over at Mrs H's house today,  I hope she has the kettle on...I wouldn't mind a cup of tea ;P  I know how lucky am I to be asked over for a visit - I just wish little Cicely was awake for a cuddle ;)

So, I accepted Samantha's invitation to pop over here to her blog and share with you all some of my favourite companion carpet bags that are in the running for the fabulous January prize in the bag of the month club flickr group competition.

For those of you who don't know me, my name is Emma, and I blog over at For My Little Monster.  I have been sewing for around 5 years, I have tested a few of Samantha's bag patterns before their release over the last year and my most recent accomplishment was releasing my 1st sewing pattern.

Anyway, enough about me and on to the fabulous bags!

So, Samantha asked me to pick a few bags from the flickr group to share in this post...do you all know how hard that was? I mean...they...were...all...so...good!

Let's get looking at some of these BEAUTIFUL bags :)

I found a number of beautiful grey versions...

I love me a bit of pattern matching...and look how good these have been matched!



The next few bags are so lovely, they just had to be included in this post...

There were so many more bags I liked and I really want to share...so make sure you read on ;)

Samantha wanted me to mention something to those ladies REALLY wanting to try to win a prize in the Bag of the Month competition...Ladies your photos need to be good!  They need to show off your bags assets and good qualities.  So I'm going to share some tips, and sneak a few more beautiful bags in to this post - cue evil cackle...

Make sure you take your photo outside in good daylight (ie. before it starts getting dark, with no shadow) with a plain-ish backdrop.

If you take your photo inside, make sure you take it against a white wall and near a window in daylight (for best results you should take the photo when the sun is at its brightest), with nothing in the background.


I hope you have found my photo taking tips helpful, and if your part of the bag of the month club don't forget to add your creations to the Flickr group to be in the running for all the great prizes!

Good luck to everyone and I have really enjoyed looking over all your beautiful Companion Carpet Bags.

Thanks for having me Samantha, the tea was lovely...oh and I will leave you with these ;)

Emma

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