2026 Studio Mystery Box

You may remember that early last year when Anna Graham @noodlehead531 offered Studio Mystery Boxes, I couldn't resist. And subsequently, I made quite a variety of projects from the fabrics and supplies I received. Here's what I can remember off hand....

A Journal Cover, tutorial by Rachel LaBour @stitchedincolor

A Small Booklet Pouch, pattern by Aneela Hoey @aneelahoey

A Fairfax Sling, pattern by Svetlana Skumanicova @sotakhandmade

An Essex Wallet, pattern also by Svetlana @sotakhandmade

And just a few short weeks ago, a Workshop Tote, pattern by Jeni Baker @jenib320

Obviously, I've made good use of what I got, so there was no second-guessing myself when I saw Anna post: Studio clean out time! You will receive a box of some (if not all) of the following types of items:

• zippers
• fabric
• fabric scraps (each box has an approx. 1 lb bag of pressed scraps)
• some have webbing
• cording
• patterns
• a few have leather scraps, zipper pulls
• hardware
• woven labels
• box measures 11.25 X 8.75 X 5" and is full!

The box I just received had all of the above except patterns, which I'm fine with, considering all I did get. 

Half yard each of Fableism Checkmate Checkers double cloth in Butterscotch and Ivory

23" x WOF of Speckled Canvas Metallic by Rashida Coleman Hale in black

21" x WOF of Speckled Canvas Metallic by Rashida in Sarah (green)

8(!) zippers in a variety of sizes and styles + one leather zipper pull 

Half yard of Anna's Orchard Run Flowers in Slate 

A mix of bag hardware and other supplies - a scrap of leather, 2 1/4 yards of 1.5" webbing, natural and blue drawstring cording, several rectangular rings, a half moon magnetic edge clasp (which I've never seen before!) from Emmaline Bags @emmalinebags, a side release buckle, waxed cord, and woven labels. 

AND my bag of pressed scraps (14.8 oz.) included cuts of Essex, Orchard Run, Carolyn Friedlander, Echino, and Fableism. IE. some good stuff! I figure between the scraps and the yardage, I received about 5 1/2 yards of fabric, all of which I really like.

So I'm more than happy with the mystery box, and look forward to working these items into my making!

Studio Mystery Box

When Anna Graham @noodlehead531 posted that she was doing a studio clean out and offered some Studio Mystery Boxes on Insta the other day, I couldn't resist. I'm not totally sure what screamed out at me, but I always love Anna's fabric choices and her shop is my favorite for bag hardware, so I was pretty sure I'd be able to use whatever she sent. Well, the 10" x 6" x 6" box came last Friday, and just as Anna promised, it was full! Wanna see what was in it?!

Anna said that each box would contain some (if not all) of the following types of items:

• zippers
• fabric
• fabric scraps (each box has an approx. 1 lb. bag of pressed scraps)
• webbing
• cording
• leather scraps, straps, zipper pulls
• hardware
• woven labels

I think I received all but the woven labels and zipper pulls. There were a couple of fat quarters of quilter's cotton.

Webbing.

Metal zipper and cording.

Bag hardware.

Almost 1/2 yard of Anna's Riverbend canvas, which I love. I'm trying to figure out what small bag I could make with it.

And a little over 1/2 yard of Alexia Marcel Abegg's mid-weight Vessel.

Then there were several bag zippers.

A good variety of leather.

And more bag hardware.

Two yards cording.

And more webbing. 

And finally, a cute magnetic pin. There was also a sticker, but the photo came out blurry, so trust me on that.

Oh! And that bag of scraps was all color-coordinated and lovely. I look forward to making these into something(s)! I'm thinking they look so good together, I should use them all together, but we'll see.

Anyway, I'm not sure where I'll use most of these goodies, but I'm looking forward to finding out!