The bag is lined and has gussets enabling it to hold more. I put a box of cereal, a roll of paper towels, and a big thing of oatmeal in there for the picture.
You can find the free tutorial here. Have fun!
For my pattern, I used a Target bag and that worked perfectly.
Here it is after being folded into itself with the pocket on the front.
The neck looks wonky in this picture from the way the fabric fell, but it's not really. Ottobre 6/09, #36, size 116.
This time I finished the tooth fairy pillow *before* the tooth fell out. The girl is now prepared for her first tooth loss. I made this out of scraps and my imagination. She loves it!
This is our very own elf that the kids named Elfie Hot Santa. He appears in a different place of the house each morning, and the kids love to search for him when they wake up. The boy loves this elf so much he has taken him to school to show him off.
You can find the elf pattern and tutorial at Make Baby Stuff.com here.
Finished it just in time!
I went on a search for an advent calendar tutorial without pockets. I wanted something different than the norm, something that I wouldn't have to think hard about what to put in pockets. I'm too lazy for that (and cheap).
I came across Wee Folk Art's Advent Tree tutorial and went for it. I liked the hand sewing aspect, which allowed me to stay warm by the fireplace while working on it. I also was able to use up a good bit of a box of 1" buttons I'd bought a while ago that I never used.
You might not be able to tell from the picture, but the star has a button hole, and it starts at the bottom. Each day, a lucky kid (in our case) gets to move it up to the next number. They are already stoked to begin. :)
Okay, so it's not sewing, but it does involve fabric.
This was my first time to decoupage anything and I think it turned out pretty good. It beats an old ugly putty-colored file cabinet and fits in a lot better with sewing room stuff. :)
I used fabrics from the out of print Moda Uptown line by Erin Michael, one of my very favorites. I consider myself very lucky that I had a fat quarter of all the fabrics in this line. I was real nervous and was hoping that I wouldn't be wasting my fabric on this project. Now I get to sit and look at it whenever I want. :)
