blood, sweat and tears

Hello! My post title sounds a little gross but that is what it took for me to finish my latest sewing project. Okay, maybe it was mostly just sweat cause it is so hot and humid again here but there were some frustrating sewing moments. Just wanted to throw my hands up in the air and then bang my head on the sewing table and maybe just silently say some choice words but I am so happy that I'm done.

Here is my youngest one holding all three fabric Trick or Treat bags. I love the print on here. Both the black and green liner fabrics are from Riley Blake Doodlebug. The gingham fabric on the bottom of the bags was from Walmart. I am so happy I found the gingham fabric. I was looking for just plain black or orange or some other Halloween-y color but couldn't find any so thought I'd try the gingham and it adds so much fun to the bags.

I found this tutorial HERE and used the measurements as my starting point for the bags. I also knew I wanted to try personalizing these bags. I cut the letters out using thin felt from Walmart and my PTI alphabet dies. I used the Ultra Hold Heat n Bond adhesive to stick the letters on the bag. I didn't want to sew over the letters so I hope the adhesive really is ultra hold strong!

All the bags have a wide square bottom and I ironed on a backing on the fabrics for added support.

All the handles are a bit different because I was using up all the scraps of fabric. Even with the headaches that came with sewing these bags, I love them. Hmmm, sounds a lot like children. I plan to give them to my kids' teachers' children for Halloween. Hope they like it!

Thanks so much for dropping by!

nuts and bolts

Hello! Today I'll be sharing the last amigurumi I made during my crochet frenzy. I haven't been crocheting much recently except for this one little project I'm kind of procrastinating with. I really do love this last one because I think it came out really cute. This is a little crocheted robot designed by Bubblegum Belles . You can find the pattern HERE . Sometimes I purchase the patterns especially if they are really cute. But a lot of designers do list their patterns for free too on their blogs so I always check to see if they have a blog or not. It's also important to read their pattern listing too if you are purchasing to see whether they are for personal use or also for commercial use. Here is a different view of him. Happy that he is able to sit on his bottom. I actually cut out 2 felt hearts using a heart die, blanket stitched them together, and then hot glued the heart to the robot. I tried stitching one h...

Snowman gift card holder

Hi! I was planning to post this last night but I was just too tired to write or think of complete sentences. It's been a busy week with the boys on Fall break and still trying to finish up a bunch of crafts. I have been trying to make some crocheted crafts to put in my Etsy shop and finally I'm done with one. It's a crocheted snowman that can hold a gift card or anything actually that is small enough to fit in the pouch. The pattern is designed by ChiWei Ranck of One Dog Woof and can be found HERE . Here's the little snowman with his arms folded over in the front to look like he is hugging the card. I added this fun card that I stamped. You can definitely add in a gift card too behind this card. The gift card reaches under his nose. This is how the little opening of the pouch looks. I hope I can make more of these little guys. These would be so cute for teachers and I think it would be easy to put a little wire throug...

My Mind's Eye and Perfect Paper Crafting Blog Hop!!

Hello! Welcome to another Perfect Paper Crafting blog hop ! Today, the Perfect Paper Crafting Design Team will be featuring projects with My Mind's Eye products. There is a $50 gift certificate to the Perfect Paper Crafting online store available to one lucky person who comments on all the blogs along the hop. My Mind's Eye is also giving away their Happy Haunting collection. You have until Friday, November 1st at 12:00 AM PST to leave your comments. Good Luck! It's a short hop list this time around! Perfect Paper Crafting & Laura My Mind's Eye Pam Jenny Eva (Me!) Roxie Recently, I saw these layering tags dies and thought I really wanted those. I love the look of layered tags so I used my Perfect Layers rulers to make some with My Mind's Eye Happy Haunting papers. I have a tag die from Papertrey Ink so I used that as my smaller tag. I glued that tag onto kraft cardstock and used my ruler to cut a 1/8th inch border aro...

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