Covert Robin = SO MUCH FUN!!!

COVERT ROBIN

I can finally show off my tote that I made for my swap partner, Mary of Mary Moon Designs. I used her logo to design her bag.


I did add eyes to the turtle after the pix were taken.


The tote was alot of fun to make! I FMQd a bit and am pleased with the final product.

backside of the quilting

                         I also made a little bag for cards- I should have put a closure on it but it was late Sunday when  I started and didn't have any velcro.

 I was late getting to the post office on Saturday and had to mail it on monday, but Mary received it on Wednesday so it didnt take very long!

I scheduled myself off work on Thursday and forgot that I had scheduled a breakfast outing Thursday morning. OOPS! I went in at 7:30 took the residents to breakfast and left work at 10:30am. When I arrived home there was a brown paper package in my mail box!  When I opened it- there was another brown paper package and it was tied up with string (truly one of my favorite things) Inside was a personalized canvas- made just for me! With my name on it even! (Growing up with a "boy's name" sometimes makes it difficult to find it spelled correctly) Thank you sew sew much Amanda- I love it! be sure to check out Amanda's Etsy shop - lotsa cool stuff over there!

isn't it Great?!

Thanks to all the coordinators of this swap! They did a fab job!

Boring tote to pretty cute

Today is my nephew's birthday! Miah has a teddy bear that has many costumes- from Astronaut to Pilgrim- unfortunately these costumes tend to disappear ( and the bear does not even have a magician's costume)  :O)


I found this one in San Diego but didn't know I needed it

 Aunt Bobbie got this great idea (from Miah's mommy) to get him something to put the costumes in.  I was envisioning a wee little suitcase or a mini trunk  but alas no such luck! I couldn't find one. the closest thing I could find was a 

     b-Or- ing tote with a handle on the top. It is green - which is Miah's favorite color but it is boring-

 I thought about painting it or jazzing it up somehow and then I find out we are actually celebrating Miah's birthday on ..... can you believe it..... Miah's birthday! Ew- that means I don't have the extra time I needed to really jazz it up. (being sickish for two days DID NOT help my "To Do" list shrink at all!) And on top of that I am at work today- until its time for the Celebration- no time in between.... but hey! this is Me we are talking about and Aunt Bobbie works really well under pressure, so I whipped out my handy dandy Sharpie Marker....oh no I didn't- it's not in my purse :O(

It's in my jacket pocket and that jacket pocket is at home.....ARrrrrgh. So I whipped out someone elses not so handy dandy ultra fine tip Sharpie- whipped it right out of their pen cup and into my hand.   Any way I started doodling and took some Subway Art ideas sent by the Christmas to the Max Girls and I "miahed" them. I looked up some imagination quotes, got out the trusty thesaurus (online version) and doodled away. Around the edges of the lid I wrote the words to "our" song. I left the bottom of the tote as a blank canvas for Miah to doodle on. The ultra fine tip was a little too ultra fine but it did the job pretty well. Next time I will draw guide lines so my writing isnt so slanted...

The tote is now filled with Miah's favorite thing- PAPER ! There is also  a new costume for Teddy and a book- "there was a Cold Lady who swallowed some snow"  and more PAPER! All I need now is a bow of some sort- I will prolly stop at the dollar store on the way through town and see what I can find.