So - we thought Matt had food poisoning, but he has been sick for almost 48 hours, so probably a stomach bug I pray that I am immune to. Luckily, I think he is on the mend. Anywho, I woke up early this morning and decided I would put my sewing machine to use. I spent over an hour at Hobby Lobby last night, and I came home with a pattern book and a project in mind.
But first things first......
HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY CHARLIE!!!!
She looks so sad in this picture! She is just camera shy...
So, here is my pattern for a little grocery or clothes tote bag and my three different fabrics (same exterior for two bags, different linings for each).
Sewing on the straps....
Finished the outside without incident (except when I cut the straps entirely too short and had to start over) - go me!
Fast forward a couple steps since I forgot to take pictures...The finished product! I had to figure out how to cover the place where the straps meet, so I looked up how to make ribbon flowers and through the magic of youtube found a solution!
2nd bag with a different lining.
Next project - my mom can attest that I am obsessed with this OU t-shirt scarf at Hallmark in Norman. But it is like $30-$40, so I decided to make my own.... I used a t-shirt with a huge interlocking OU on it as my pattern, and totally infringed to make this myself :)
Sewing the OU on....
The finished product. This pic is far away as my sewing started off a bit rough!
I had the material out, so I thought I might as well make a handful of them and get some practice in...
And I tried one on....Matt just laughed at me for taking/posting this pic (ps. see my fancy new camera?)...
Ps. I dyed the cream color scarf with tea! All by myself! Matt again thought I was crazy!
Anywhoser - nothing new or interesting around the Earles' house. Matt is in his last semester of nursing school - WOOOOOOOOOWHHOOOOOOOOO! Can you tell I'm excited? So he is super busy studying, going to class, going to clinicals, going to work, studying...you get the idea. My work is crazy as well, but lots of great opportunity and good things coming our way.
I'll try to get out more in the next week or two so I can have something to blog about!!!!
Great job on the bags! I'll buy a scarf if they are for sale :)
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