trick or treat bag

My little Rapunzel needed a new trick or treat bag that was a bit bigger. I had some cute Halloween fabric and figured I'd try a tutorial I had pinned. It was really easy to follow and didn't take too terribly long (maybe 2.5 hours, but I'm slow at cutting and that darn computer drags me towards it a lot!). Rapunzel LOVED it and it was perfect for going to Trunk Or Treat on Sunday :)

camera bag take 2

I made another camera bag for a friend. This one I made twice...I screwed up the first one!

Her favorite color is orange, so I found this in my stash of fabric and was able to put the plain orange as the liner. I was even able to use some Raspberry Fizz ribbon as a strap/holder.

Unlike my last bag, this one has a velcro closure. Not what I wanted, but it worked :)

Camera bag

For my birthday, my awesome husband got me a new point and shoot camera. The one I had was 6 or 7 years old and wasn't even ours...used to by my FIL's. I wanted something I could easily tuck in my purse and have with me all the time. The only problem? I didn't have a case. For a month or two, I kept it in the bag it came packaged in, but I knew it wouldn't last. So I pulled out some fun fabrics and attempted to make a bag myself!

This was my first time using interfacing. It was pretty easy to use. The black fabric I had picked up on a whim one day at Jo Ann's....before I was really even sewing anything!

It rolls up so there's a little more padding on the camera. Unfortunately, I forgot I wanted to put a strap on it. Thankfully, my camera has one on it, so if I'm just carrying that, I can keep the strap hanging out and it works perfectly! Of course I had to finish it off using a PTI Spring Moss Button! :)

Preschool bag

Our neighbors daughter is getting ready to go to preschool for the first time. Over the summer, they were given plain little tote bags and told to decorate them however they want and to have their name on it. Shelby's Momma isn't very creative or crafty so she came knocking on my door. Here's what we came up with using fabric and my cricut.

Shelby picked out everything, we just helped her speed along the process some :) She's a total girly-girl, so she wanted pink and butterflies and flowers. The above picture is the front of the bag. I love how the flowers turned out. I wound up doing a 2in and a 2.25in and blacked it out and then cut out the centers so there's actually 3 layers there.

Here's the back of the bag. Originally, it was supposed to have the same thing front and back, but my blade was on its last leg and I said no :)

Flower closeup. The green has butterflies and the red/pink has triangles. I had her buy the small squares of fabric that JoAnns has.

The butterfly has little spirals. I think he's cute :)