Sewing School

J and I had to take a break from sewing because of our big move. It took some time to finally get back into school and such, to pack and unpack the boxes, and to arrange the rooms of our house. But, we are finally ready to resume our crafting - yay! We finally cleared out our sewing room (my DH calls it the utility room since his tools and stuff are sharing the space), scrubbed the floor, and set our machines up so we can just sit down and sew when the mood hits us.

I will be working on curtains, pillows, and things for the house but J has a few projects she would like to do. Most of them involve making items for her new room. But, I wanted to share a mini project that she put the finishing touches on - a dog pillow for Riley. It is super cute and now sits inside the crib unless my monkey throws it out to the floor:)

This project was found from Craft Tuts Plus (link below). It had a free downloadable full size pattern which I love. I hate trying to reinvent the wheel. She sewed everything using her machine. Have I mentioned how much she loves her machine? (Thanks Mom!)

It was a rainy, yucky day and we decided to sew (after J played with the legos:). I helped J find a new project to try and she chose a mini messenger bag from Crazy Little Projects (link below). I was somewhat nervous that it was going to be frustrating for her but she was determined to try it.

J worked with fabrics that were in our stash. I smile overtime I say that I have a fabric stash now:) That would also be thanks to my mom:) She ironed all of her pieces herself.

She cut out all of her pattern pieces as well. I just directed how to place the pattern on the fold.

Here she is sewing her strap. She used the heart fabric from the dust ruffle pockets that I made her.

She sewed this messenger bag all by herself. I am so proud of her. She even didn't fuss when I suggested that she rip out some of the stitches to correct her mistake:)

Isn't it cute? She is going to sew velcro to the flap to keep it closed. She loved it so much that she took it to Friday School with her lunch in it. Nice job, J!

Links

Craft Tuts Plus - has a cute dog pillow with a free printable pattern.

Crazy Little Projects - has the pattern and tutorial for the mini messenger bag.