Notebooks

I have spent the most of my holidays very quietly.....spent a lot of the last week sorting things out and cleaning. At the back of one cupboard I found a box and inside were a range of notebooks and message pads. I looked at a group of small memo books and thought the cover was only paper and not very attractive...

So I thought I would have a play with some cardstock, paper, stamps and other bits and pieces to see what improvements I could make. This is what I have come up with so far.

Shoulder Bag and Matching Bottle Bag

Well I talked about the shoulder bag that I made for my mother and finally got around to taking a photo of it.......I made the strap long enough for my mum to wear it diagonally across her chest so that it won't fall off.

I really liked this fabric and can't believe it was only $4 a metre and the lining is a matching fabric with smaller stripes (see the Water Bottle Bag). In total this bag cost me about $6 to make.....what a bargin.

After using her bag for awhile mum asked me to make her a new water bottle bag. She takes a bottle of water with her every time she goes out....and had been using a daggy bag that was intially made to carry an umbrella.

I decided I would make her one out of the lining fabric from the shoulder bag and made it to carry a 600ml bottle. I thought I would also line the bag with plastic (idea taken from making the wet bags). I actually used spray adhesive to glue the plastic and fabric together first before sewing.

Mum mentioned that she loves the bottle bag because it only fitted a small bottle and was not too heavy to carry around. She must really love both of these cause she is using them every day and when she visitied on the weekend she put in an order for another one!

THANKS for orders!!!

I just wanted to say thank you to all who placed an order with me for Stampin' Up! products (and those who encourage others to order from me). I have been able to reach the minimum amount required to keep my demonstrator membership active. Thanks again.

Peta

Sick for the Holidays

For those who don't know I have been sick for the past 2 weeks and went to the doctor on the weekend. Today the doc confirmed that I have microplasma pneumonia. I have been given 2 lots of antibiotics which will hopefully work.

When I checked the internet for information it indicated that people can take up to 6 weeks to get better so looks like I might be coughing for most of my holidays. Lucky me......at least I will have an opportunity to rest.

Finally some pictures of my sewing!

As I mentioned in my first post I have been giving the sewing machine a bit of a workout lately.....the first time it has been out of my cupboard for a while and certainly the first time for anything other than curtains and alterations to clothes.

The first thing on my list was a Pencil Roll.....I have to say that the inspiration for this came from Deb at the scrapbooking weekend back in April. I have now made a few of these. I decided to make the pockets big enough to hold 1 or 2 pencils or a texta or crayon.

Here are some of my other ones.

I also used one of them to store my crochet hooks and am thinking about making some taller ones to hold my knitting needles and paint brushes.

I will add some photos of the wet bags and shoulder bag I made when I can get my mother to part with them. She has been using the shoulder bag since I made it....and she has put in an order for a matching water bottle and umbrella bag.

Tonight I also tried my hand at making a tissue box cover ....and although I will make some minor adjustments to the next one I am pretty happy with how it turned out. What do you think? That's all for now.