Monday, January 26, 2015

Monday Makers! #23 :)

And posting on Monday - aren't I just the fancy one!  ;)

Hubby and I went on a Joanns run this past weekend - he offered, I accepted, we had a lovely time :)  I managed to pick up about 25 yards of fabrics on sale, and thanks to a couple of discount coupons from a lovely niece (thanks, Cassendra!) I got an even further discount on quite a few of them - SCORE!  Colour me happy :D

2 yard cuts of these prints - I bought them to make donation tote bags :)  My favourite is the pink elephants!

2 yard cuts (plus about 1/2 yard of each that was an end of bolt remnant) of a couple of my favourite Joanns fabrics - sharks and lime green polka dots - you can never have enough of these in stash, as far as I'm concerned ;)

More stash fabrics I always have on hand - red, and black, tone on tone prints :)

These Halloween prints were on sale for half price, so I picked up 3 yards of the bats and a yard of the dots - enough for 3 pillowcases for next Halloween :)

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Here are a few things I've started or that I've been working on :D  This free paper pieced block caught my eye so I decided to make one to embellish a tote.  I had forgotten how much fabric gets wasted on these acute angles - it drives me crazy as I really REALLY hate wasting fabric :D   The pattern is very cute though, so if I must waste, I do, after all, have enough fabric for all those angles ;)

 Here are the projects I started for Monday Makers! #23 :)  At the top are 2 heart shaped zipper pouches that I'm making for my little neighbour girls for Valentine's Day.  Bottom row are the pieces all cut out for 2 Oriental boxy bags - the Oriental print and the green batik print, were remnants from a local quilt store - I was able to cut 3 boxy bags from the fabrics (one is already completed).

 Here's a close-up of the threads I used for the first Oriental bag - gold for the (very simple) quilting, green for the rest of the bag.  I have gold dragon charms picked out for zipper pulls for these bags :)


For fun, I'm adding jingle bell zipper pulls to the heart pouches - I have lots in stash, and I found several that had pink in them to match the fabrics I picked :)  These should be fun for the young girls!


 The pink monkey jingle bell I found in stash - I need to get more of these - they're quite adorable :D





I got my Monday Makers! #22 project finished - it was a set of 3 bibs and a taggy.  I just have to throw the pieces in the washing machine before taking a picture - I want to make sure all the seams and ribbons are secure :D  I melted a couple of the ribbons on the taggy when I was finishing it - I had to do a lot of froggy stitching, cut the bad ones out, and add new ones!  Lesson learned - I'll be more careful next time, lol!

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9 comments:

  1. You find the most awesome zipper pulls. The jingle bells ones are adorable!!! How could you refuse hubby's kind offer.

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  2. Love those bells. You know where I'm off to....

    Then I'm gonna try to find the elephant fabric at my Joann's. I have a thing for elephants.

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  3. 25 yards of fabric! That was definitely a worthwhile trip :)

    Aren't those bell pulls so cute too!

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  4. What a lovely addition and look at those jingle bells! Good job :)

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  5. How fun for those little girls :) I wish I was your neighbor!

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  6. Those little jingle bell zipper pulls are just adorable! You always have the cutest stuff!

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  7. You have become an expert on sewing totes Sandra! Looking forward to the flamingo tote bag! Thank you for linking up with me at Monday Makers!

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  8. 25 yards! That would last me the rest of my life but I'm sure you'll whip through it in no time! And I am loving your flamingo :)

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  9. You sure are busy. I love your fabrics but my favourite is the owl one. Great paper piecing. I wish I could do that.

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