I have been sewing fast and furious to complete our Sewing Expo gear. This year we decided on cute tote bags. Gone are the days that we go all matchy matchy. We found this awesome fabric at Fabric.com that we both loved. Mookie's bag(top) is a pattern from the book "One Yard Wonders"(totally fabulous book, great patterns, etc...more on that later). Mine is a laptop tote I just kind of pieced together. No pattern. They both turned out great.
Front of Mookie's bag. We actually used a combination of three different prints. Colored pinup, eifel tower, and crowns(lining). The top front and back band is the eifel tower print with cut outs from the colored pinup added. Actually, I was short on fabric and cut the top band upside down(oops), so I added the cut outs to hide my boo boo.
Back of bag
Close up of my bag. Added some bling, see the crown on her head!!! Used the same three prints for my bag as well. Plus added a quilted fabric on the inside as the lining so it would be more stable.
What to do with all those scraps!!
Well, I made up a necklace with fabric flowers for mookie to wear to the show. Left over crown scraps and some of the knit left from her dress.
I made up the flowers, hot glued them to felt backing, punched two holes throw felt to add jump rings, and added the suede ties. Easy peasy, and so cute!
Three more days!
Teresa
