first -this is one of those projects that i've been dying to share since the day i finished it. when i proposed this project, i wasn't 100% sure which direction i wanted to go with it. but as i sat and sorted through fabrics, i reeeeeeeeeeeeeally wanted to work with some of the fun colors i've been collecting for a quilt for sam. and then i realized that if i made him a tote bag for books, i wouldn't have to empty the toys out of his backpack every time we went to the library.
i worked off and on one day, with him by my side. he likes to drive
cars and trains on the strips of fabric (and on my ruler!) while i'm
working. and once i told him it was going to be a bag for HIM, he kept
pestering me. is it done? can we go get books?
and about 5 minutes after i stitched the strap in place, we were out the door to the library, filling it with books. i love how it turned out. the orange dot as the strap was a happy accident - i had waaaaaaaaaaaay less unbleached cotton than i thought i did. as in, i barely eeked the bag out of what i had on hand. oops!
we've got a busy saturday planned - the bigs have swimming lessons in just a bit (um, i should probably get dressed!) and we're all going to a play at the children's theater this afternoon. even sam. it will be his first time, and i'm hoping he'll make it through the show!
but before i go - the winner of the patchwork add-on. =) (which is still available for purchase, btw, if you didn't win ;)
congrats to Erin W!!! please email me, there's a link up on the left sidebar. =)
Erin W said...
What
a brilliant tutorial. I have some of that inkjet fabric at home and
just don't know what to do with it! Thanks for the great ideas. And
thank you for sharing the chance to win that yummy SC kit. If I was
luck enough to win I would make a garland to hang over my bed. Thanks
again, and totally LOVE your SC projects.
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library tote + PATCHWORK winner
first -this is one of those projects that i've been dying to share since the day i finished it. when i proposed this project, i wasn't 100% sure which direction i wanted to go with it. but as i sat and sorted through fabrics, i reeeeeeeeeeeeeally wanted to work with some of the fun colors i've been collecting for a quilt for sam. and then i realized that if i made him a tote bag for books, i wouldn't have to empty the toys out of his backpack every time we went to the library.
i worked off and on one day, with him by my side. he likes to drive
cars and trains on the strips of fabric (and on my ruler!) while i'm
working. and once i told him it was going to be a bag for HIM, he kept
pestering me. is it done? can we go get books?
and about 5 minutes after i stitched the strap in place, we were out the door to the library, filling it with books. i love how it turned out. the orange dot as the strap was a happy accident - i had waaaaaaaaaaaay less unbleached cotton than i thought i did. as in, i barely eeked the bag out of what i had on hand. oops!
we've got a busy saturday planned - the bigs have swimming lessons in just a bit (um, i should probably get dressed!) and we're all going to a play at the children's theater this afternoon. even sam. it will be his first time, and i'm hoping he'll make it through the show!
but before i go - the winner of the patchwork add-on. =) (which is still available for purchase, btw, if you didn't win ;)
congrats to Erin W!!! please email me, there's a link up on the left sidebar. =)
Erin W said...
What
a brilliant tutorial. I have some of that inkjet fabric at home and
just don't know what to do with it! Thanks for the great ideas. And
thank you for sharing the chance to win that yummy SC kit. If I was
luck enough to win I would make a garland to hang over my bed. Thanks
again, and totally LOVE your SC projects.
first -this is one of those projects that i've been dying to share since the day i finished it. when i proposed this project, i wasn't 100% sure which direction i wanted to go with it. but as i sat and sorted through fabrics, i reeeeeeeeeeeeeally wanted to work with some of the fun colors i've been collecting for a quilt for sam. and then i realized that if i made him a tote bag for books, i wouldn't have to empty the toys out of his backpack every time we went to the library.
i worked off and on one day, with him by my side. he likes to drive cars and trains on the strips of fabric (and on my ruler!) while i'm working. and once i told him it was going to be a bag for HIM, he kept pestering me. is it done? can we go get books?
and about 5 minutes after i stitched the strap in place, we were out the door to the library, filling it with books. i love how it turned out. the orange dot as the strap was a happy accident - i had waaaaaaaaaaaay less unbleached cotton than i thought i did. as in, i barely eeked the bag out of what i had on hand. oops!
(you can find directions here at the fiskars website, we're celebrating national craft month with a new project each day)
we've got a busy saturday planned - the bigs have swimming lessons in just a bit (um, i should probably get dressed!) and we're all going to a play at the children's theater this afternoon. even sam. it will be his first time, and i'm hoping he'll make it through the show!
but before i go - the winner of the patchwork add-on. =) (which is still available for purchase, btw, if you didn't win ;)
congrats to Erin W!!! please email me, there's a link up on the left sidebar. =)
Erin W said...
What a brilliant tutorial. I have some of that inkjet fabric at home and just don't know what to do with it! Thanks for the great ideas. And thank you for sharing the chance to win that yummy SC kit. If I was luck enough to win I would make a garland to hang over my bed. Thanks again, and totally LOVE your SC projects.