A Few Finishes Over the Last Few Days

Even though our power was out, I kept myself busy by knitting some hats and mitts.  I still have to sew a few of the mitts together, but I hope to have that done by this afternoon.   Can you see those turquoise mitts still on the needle?  I decided to knit both mitts at the same time.  I often get 'second mitt syndrome', which makes it hard to finish the second mitt once I have already finished the first one.  I can never remember how many stitches and how many rows and I spend a lot of time counting and trying to figure out what I did this first time around.  This way I don't have to do that.  I still have some more yarn and I may make another hat or two.

I also made some bags to wrap gifts.  I promised myself to make several each year so that I could stop buying and using paper bags and wrapping paper.  I thought it would make my Christmases 'greener'.

I also made a couple of rice bags to give as Christmas gifts.  These can be put into the microwave and heated up.  They are great for sore muscles or cold feet.  I plan to make some more of these.

And now I must get back to my cupcake baking.  My DS is going to be 40 next week.  YIKES!!!! How did that happen?  I guess I can no longer say I'm 39 years old.  My DD is hosting a dinner at her house tomorrow night for DS and his friends.  We have been invited because hubby is bringing the beef.

As I was trying to bake, take a shower and do a load of laundry, our power went out again.  I just held my breath and hoped for the best.  The power went back on an hour or so later. Thank goodness!  I guess the hydro folks are still working on our lines.  Now that the power is back on I am going to finish making the cupcakes and throw another load of laundry into my washing machine.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

The Bags Were Given Out

The book bags I made were handed out to the kindergarten kids this week.  I was there to take photos of them.  Not any photo, because I didn't want them to be visible on the internet.  So I asked them to hold their bags in front of their faces.  Do you know how difficult it is to get that concept across to them?  As soon as they see a camera they just want to say cheese.


I took four or five photos of each class and still didn't have one where all the kids had hidden their faces.




And to keep them standing still, or sitting nicely on the floor, well, that was even more impossible.  So this is what I ended up with.  But they loved the bags and that is the main thing.


On a sadder note, I had to take Mimi to the vet last night.  And the worst part is they kept her overnight to try to re-hydrate her.  She has not been eating well lately and she only weighed 5 pounds.  So today I will hear from the vet as to what procedures they will perform on her.  She may have to stay at the vet's office one more night.  I could use some positive thoughts and hugs for both Mimi and myself.  Thanks.

What do 40 Book Bags Look Like?

I have made a total of 40 bags for the kindergarten classes at my DD's school.  I may still have to make a couple more.  It all depends on how many kids need a bag.  But I have lots of fabric left over, so it won't be hard to make a few more.

 

 

 

But I am kind of glad that these are finished.  I can now move onto other projects, especially the scrappy log cabin blocks.  I love working on that project.

Book Bags

Day 19 of Blogtoberfest.

I volunteered to make some bags for the kindergarten kids to carry their library books in.  I don't know if this is a good idea or not.  They can still lose the bag, the books and all.  I made about 9 bags this morning.  Still have to put handles on a couple of them.  And I will make some more on the weekend if I have time.  

I am using all kinds of old fabrics and scraps that I don't want any more, like polyester/cotton blends etc.  This is a real stash buster!  I am not sure how many bags will be needed.  I guess I should have asked that question before I volunteered.

Bags!

I made a couple of bags.  They are gifts, but I don't think the people they are for will read my blog anytime  today.  Here is the first one.  This is made from a horse panel fabric.  I think this was supposed to be made into pillows, but I think the panels look great on the back and front of a bag.  It is my own pattern,  I lined it with some cat fabric.

The next one is an Oak Park Bag.  I still love this pattern.  I used mostly flowery fabrics and a few scraps that someone gave me.  I used a black and white rose fabric on the inside.  I hope the person who is receiving this one will like it.

Okay - So I'm Addicted......

Didn't sew much this week.  But I've been reading and reading some more.  I did, however, finish another Oak Park Bag.  I just can't stop making these things!  Very addictive!  I used a lot of scraps for this one.  But in order to make a dent in my scrap bag, I would have to make a hundred of them.  Hmmmm... maybe.

We have a bit of sunshine this morning, but it is still early and we are supposed to get showers this afternoon.  Here is what the inside of the bag looks like.  Don't you just love the Kaffe fabric I used for the pocket, handles and bottom of the outside of the bag!

Happy September everyone!

Another Oak Park Bag!

These bags are addictive!  I finished my second Oak Park Bag and have started on a third!  Number 2 is done in black and white fabrics.  I have quite a collection of them and this was a great way to use some of them.  I changed the the pattern to make this one two inches wider.  The pattern was easy to adapt for this.  Notice the red button?  That's because...................

The inside is red!  I even patched the pocket.  I love this bag!

Oak Park Bag

Look what I made! 

Simone of the Quilting and Stitchery Diary selected me in her give away.  I choose the Oak Park Bag pattern as my prize!  Boy!  Am I ever glad I did!  It is a fantastic pattern by Stephanie of Loft Creations,  so easy to follow and everything fit together exactly.  The hardest part was finding the rings for the handles.  I made mine in some fall colours from my stash.   The name Oak Park made me think of trees and fall.  It soon will be fall.  In fact, it looks like fall outside today - overcast with showers.  Tonight the temperature will go down to 14C, so it will be cooler.  Great for sleeping!

I had to take the photo inside, but I think the colours are pretty close to the real thing.