Day 319 - An owl bag

What can I say? I've got a thing for owls. I love this fabric. I made this bag. Have a great weekend!!

Day 302 - Beetles and butterflies bag.

Juliet has gone off to another birthday party. There is nothing like a time constraint to get me going, so I made a little bag for the birthday girl this morning.

I chose these fabric scraps. Butterflies and beetles.

And just made a simple, lined rectangle bag. To save time making straps, and because the colours suited so well, I used these shoelaces as bag straps. I also did something I have never done before and instead of tucking in the lining and outer fabric at the top I folded the lining out to the outside and sewed it down so that some of the lining is showing, giving the bag a nice contrast.

Day 221 - Pirate Loot Bag

You may remember a month or so ago I made a potato stamp and stamped some fabric Day-188-potato-stamping-on-fabric. Today I used the fabric I stamped to make a loot bag for one of my little pirates.

I simply overlocked (serged) the three sides of the bag and then made a casing for a drawstring. I left the casing open at both sides so the string can be pulled from each side.

Aaaargh!!! Another pirate post to be sure.

Day 215 - A tooth bag.

My little Juliet is going to lose her first tooth soon. She has two wobbly ones and since her brother recently lost three teeth in quick succession she is quite excited that she will soon be losing a tooth too.

There is a lot of tooth movement in our house these days. Our baby recently got his first two teeth. Mr A, 3 years old, is convinced he has several wobbly teeth too. :-)

Anyway. I have made a little tooth bag for the princess to put her tooth in and pop under the pillow.

It's a nice little project for my girls weekend. :-)

Day 154 - Max bag

This is the second one of these Max from 'Where the wild things are' bags I have made from a free pattern by the lovely Pip over at Meet me at mikes.

Pretty cute hey! He's made mostly from felt and a wine bottle fits quite nicely inside him if you are that way inclined. Otherwise he's very cute for kids.

Day 152 - Repurposed quilt cover - Where's Wally

I'm still using this quilt cover that has been used for quite a lot of projects and I think you can never have too many of these tote/library bags. With this bag you can even look for the things on the list - Wally is definitely there. I think he's called Where's Waldo in the US for some reason....I'm unspeakably tired now, please get well soon kids.

Day 143 - Travel Document Purse

I'm still using the fabric from my pants and made this zip up travel bag / passport holder for our upcoming trip to Thailand using some scraps and a shoelace. The countdown is on! I need a winter escape.

Day 142 - Patchwork Bag

I have my 7 year old at home sick for the third day in a row now, so most of this was completed in the wee hours of the morning when I tried to grab some time for me as I watched the Olympics. Last night was a good one to be up in the wee hours too, as two wonderful Aussie women won gold.

I love the way this bag turned out, and there is still a tiny bit more fabric to make a little something out of.

I lined it with a plain green fabric and put a small pocket on the inside for a phone and keys.

Here are the lining and outer.

Here is the inside of the bag.

The outside.

The back.

And these scraps are not going to go to waste.

What next? I have an idea. It's related to our upcoming trip to Thailand.

Day 120 - Pussy Cat Bag

I starting making this about a year ago, possible more. I had just done the quilting for the main section of the bag, so I choose some fabric for the lining, finished the cats face and made the bag. Pretty cute hey? I think I know a few little girls who will like it.

It's from a pattern by Melly and me. http://mellyandme.typepad.com/

Day 14 - A skirt to a bag

We are still getting the hang of this end of daylight savings thing, so I was up early this morning and put it to good use.

It's my friend Carly's birthday today. Happy birthday Cags! A year or so ago when I started getting into making lots of things from recycled materials Carly gave me this skirt. She really liked the pattern but the fabric was too sheer and the design quite plain. She thought I might be able to make something out of it.

I decided the fabric suited a little evening bag so I have made her a little clutch for her birthday. I have lined it with a light canvas in a plain pink to give it a bit more weight. I'll pop it in the post. It's very girly and just big enough to have wallet, keys and a lipstick. Hope she likes it. There is still lots of fabric left for another project.

Craft Cupboard Materials

- Old skirt
- little bit of ricrac trim
- Vintage button

Skirt

Clutch bag

Day 5 - 15 minute gift bag.

Day 5 starts off with an old pair of cord pants I used to wear at Uni. I loved them so much. I had already used half a leg to make something else a few years ago but kept the rest in my craft cupboard.

Juliet and I are going to a birthday party for a 6 year old girl today, so I decided to make a simple gift bag for her present.

Craft cupboard materials

- old cords

- ricrac trim

All I did here was cut the bottom of the jeans off, the sides were already sewn so I sewed the bottom up, tucked the top over to neaten it and sewed on some ricrac for handles. You don't need a sewing machine for this - you could just hand sew there is so little sewing required.

My five year old loves it and it's bright and happy.

Off to the party we go.