sew in love with....

... sewing!! I bought a new sewing machine last month and have been trying my hand at a few projects. I embelished a few of the girls' t-shirts, turned a pair of capris with stained knees into a new pair of shorts and turned clearance shower curtains into window curtains for my craft studio and the girls' room. But I have been wanting to learn how to really, REALLY sew... you know... more than just straight lines and 90 degree angles. So far.... I have made my younger sister a travel pouch for her toiletries (she's getting married in October so this should come in handy for her honeymoon to Hawaii!), a pouch for my older sister's sunglasses, a pouch for my friend's Gypsy chargers (shout out to Kristin!) and a really cool pouch to hold my ipod and headset. I also sewed Emily (she's my oldest, almost 8 years old!) a blouse!! And it's really good!! But I can't get her to try it on for a photo. Bleh. I'll keep on working on that but for now, here's a few photos for ya.

The first photo is a pin cushion that I made out of a soda bottle cap and some spare pieces of fabric, filling and ribbon. The coolest part is, you wear it as a ring!! Very cool. This is DD2 (Bean) modeling it for us. Don't you love the stubby little 5 year old hands?? :) Find the tutorial to make one of these adorable and useful pin cushion rings HERE.

This is the first pouch/bag thingie that I made for my little sister's trip:

I used felt to make a K monogram then hand stitched tulle ruffles down it and at the top right corner for some fun. And here's something on this bag that I am totally proud of:

My first zipper!! Pretty cool, huh?? Here's the bag that I made for my older sister. She's a bit of a sunglasses junkie so this bag can hold whatever sunglasses she chose for that day and can be tossed in her bag when she's inside. She loves frogs so when I saw this flannel print I knew I had to make her something with it:

And the last bag was for Kristin. It's around 7" square and has a draw string. I found this owl fabric at Hobby Lobby and I love it!!

I chose to give her a matted monogram (also out of felt) but no ruffles. This time I used the sewing machine to do the monogram (the other two were by hand) and it was SO much easier. The bag that I made for my ipod looks alot like this but with no monogram. The cool thing about my ipod pouch is that it actually has two sections on the inside. I sewed another piece of coordinating fabric in the center so that my ipod can go on one side and the charger/headset can go on the other side. But bc it looks so much like this one, I'm not going to take a photo. I will say... I love, love, love these cutie patootie owls!!

I'll keep working on Noodle to get her to pose for a pic. Until then... see ya soon!! :)