The Sewing Mom

My step-daughter is pregnant with her 2nd baby and I am sewing a baby quilt for her. I started on another pattern, one with butterfly designs, but I screwed up the butterfly tails! I do plan on fixing my mistake, but, I am sort of under a time crunch with the baby being due in June, and it’s going to take me some time to fix my flub. So, I ran across this beautiful fabric and decided to make this quilt instead. Truthfully, I’m liking it even more for a baby than the one I was working on!

The fabric and pattern are both called Nana’s Garden. It is comprised of various width fabric strips with a narrow border to create a rectangle. I then machine appliqued the flowers and bunny to the top. I have a wider border ready to be sewn on and then it’s ready to be quilted.

This wonderful bag was created by my sister Grace.  Isn’t it fantastic! I love the fabric, it is so bright, vivid and colorful. The turquoise is the perfect accent color against the black background.  The size of the bag is great too, just about anything  will fit inside.  Sorry, but she has all ready sold this peaceful tote,but stay tuned, let’s see what she comes up with next!

I finished piecing this table topper! The pattern is called “Ballet Slippers” and I used Moda’s Astor Manor fabric collection. I made this for my kitchen table, but I do think it turned out bigger than my table! So, looks like it may be a new wall hanging instead. Of course, this is just the top, I still need to quilt it and bind it before it’s actually done. However, I’ve started a new quilt, so finishing this one is on hold for right now.

Finally! My daughter’s softball team is scheduled for a one day tournament, and it’s NOT RAINING! They actually get to play!

So, I have packed my newly created bag and will be toting it all day Saturday. It’s really amazing just how much I was able to get into this cute little bag… 2 different bottles of aspirin and sinus medication, first aid kit, wallet, mirror, emery boards, chapstick, scissors, hand sanitizer and of course, my cell phone! I do believe I still have enough room for my sunglasses, so those will also be in there. I LOVE my new bag!

Yep, old man weather struck again. My daughter’s softball tournament was rained out. It’s really getting to be quite the joke. Just schedule her team to play in a tournament and we are all but guaranteed rain!

I made good use of the day though. First, my husband amazingly agreed to go to Sam’s Club. I had recently joined through work and we needed to have our photos taken for our permanent i.d.’s. We haven’t been a member of any warehouse club store in so long, it was interesting to see some of the items they’re selling. We managed to spend less than $100 (amazing huh!) and got 2 new folding chairs to take with us to softball tournaments (if we ever actually get to go to one), some bagged frozen veggies, the New Moon dvd for my daughter and a case of Kraft macaroni and cheese (the blue box), also for my daughter and all her friends who’ve been eating me out of house and home all week since they didn’t have school.

I didn’t just shop today either. I came home and sewed! That’s right, for the first time in 2 months, I turned on my sewing machine, and created something new! Here it is, in all it’s glory…

a new Softball purse!

Now I have to admit, this isn’t completely finished. I want to find a decorative button to attach to the front pocket, and maybe even a charm to hang from the zipper pull, although, I may just use ribbon for that. I thought I might go to Joann’s Fabrics tomorrow and see what I can find for the finishing touches.

This bag is approximately 8″ wide and 10″ long with a zipper on the top for security. The front pocket is perfect for holding a cell phone and there are 2 additional interior pockets for chapstick and whatever else a person might be carrying. This bag is fully lined and I used fleece for sturdiness in between the top and lining fabrics. The strap is around 45″ long and is perfect for carrying cross shoulder.

This bag takes a quite a bit more time to make than the one show in my previous post so I’m going to have to ask a higher price for it. I sell the other style for $15, so I’m going to ask $20 for this one. I think they are both fantastic bags for carrying to games and use one myself!