Yesterday's Sewing... Bags, Bags, Bags!

So yesterday I'm thinking... 'what can I make for the craft fair?' and I remember Carla recommending 'market bags' or similiar.  Something to use instead of plastic shopping bags. 

So I pulled out some fabric and made these:

The first two (the bandana print) are plain, no pockets, nada.  Then when I made the other blue one I thought 'hey, I should add a pocket on the inside' so I did and then I made the sunflower one like it.  I decided to make a smaller tote bag from the sunflower print and made several pockets inside.  That gave me the idea to make one, line it and use a stabilizer to make it more like a purse :)

Just a little tour though how my mind works!  LOL

Made this one first.  Hmmm... I think the ribbon should have been higher -- or something?

Then I made this one:

Isn't she cute?  :)  She has one pocket inside.

And then I saw this pink corduroy and had to find a way to use it!

It has two pocket on the front and back. 

And then this one.  I've had this fabric for a long time and I just love it!

Wasn't that a fun day of sewing?

A fun summer combo set!

This was from last summer and I just loved it!

Pic was taken before the legs were hemmed.  This was for Nehemiah.  Joseph had one with pockets on the sides.

MaryVance's peasant style dress.

Tees for Elijah and Isaac.

And I had fabric left over that I used for this dress for Macie!

I :heart: summertime!

A Productive Week

I spent most of the week doing 'fun sewing' for an event in early March.  I had to be finished by today though...

I made the table runner just below this post, Apples & Pears.  I quilted a toddler girl quilt top but I haven't put it all together yet.  And I made two quilted pot holders but I don't have pics of those either.

I finished 15 small hairbows that were partly done already. 

I made 22 pads. 

I made NotPaper Towels.   Between 4 and 15 of each print.

I had already cut and Molly serged 12 sets of cloth napkins.

Oh and I painted half of the boys room -- LOL. 

A Table Runner for Spring

I had so much fun with this one.  I was in the mood for something spring-ish!

My first attempt at free motion quilting

Is that what it's called? I called it 'squiggle sewing' LOL

It's a gift set for Ben and RuthAnn from our church:

My first ever table runner:

RuthAnn said she wanted coffee-themed stuff for her kitchen :)

Perfectly Practical Quilts

The Perfectly Practical Quilt
I love quilts! I love everything about them. I love fabric. I love coordinating prints. I love Quilts!

The Story of the Perfectly Practical Quilt
I have a friend, Katie, whose daughter was in the hospital fighting cancer (she won! Praise the Lord!!). Katie noticed how comforting it was for Jillie to have her own special quilt to take to the hospital for each visit. Children on the oncology floor make lots of trips to the hospital. Some of these are very short trips and their parents don’t have time to decorate their rooms for each short visit. Katie got the great idea to organize a Quilt Drive so that each child that was on the floor could have a special quilt to bring with them each time they checked into the hospital.

Katie said that these quilts needed to be sturdy and very machine washable (as all kinds of things happen to bed covers in the hospital). I made several quilts for the quilt drive and the Perfectly Practical Quilt was born. These quilts are sewn completely by machine using all machine washable fabrics and quilted with polyester batting.

Perfectly Practical Quilts are fun quilts and are designed to be Used! These aren’t hand-pieced, hand-quilted heirlooms made by some sweet Amish woman in Lancaster PA ;-) that you spend so much money for you are afraid to use! They are not made with $12 a yard quilting fabric -- they are made with fabrics from my local fabric stores. The fabrics are almost all cotton but a 50/50 cotton/poly piece may sneak in every now and again.

PPQs are designed to be used and enjoyed and -gasp- even abused!

Crocheted Headbands