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Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Travel Fun

Vacation Time!

My sister (Lou) and her crew have been on vacation this week! When they were in the planning stages, Lou mentioned that she thought a backpack would be easier to handle instead of a regular purse. My ears perked up and I, of course, said "No problem, I can make you a simple drawstring one." As I pondered the idea, I was afraid that the drawstrings wouldn't be enough cushion for her, so I went to Pinterest and found convertible bags! These are super cool, however, not exactly what I wanted or had the supplies for. So I did a bit of pattern squishing and made a trial bag. the straps pull up so it can be either a backpack or a shoulder bag. Abby loved hers, but Lou requested a couple changes- such as a water bottle pocket and a tab for the inside pocket (which fit her phone perfectly - rather amazing since I didn't measure it at all.)

When I brought Abby's bag over to the house AC was teasing that he needed one too, so Aunt Bobbie decided to oblige. I ended up making one for each of the boys.

Lou texted me the first day and said
it works great

Then Lou mentioned that she could use a travel pillow as well. I found this dog bone one on Pinterest - it was very simple to make. I stuffed it with fluff and poly pellets (that I picked up at a garage sale for 25 cents a bag.)

Whilst looking for the dog bone pillow I came across these seatbelt pillows. Their vacation is a Road Trip so each of the kidlets needed one! I used fabric on hand except for Miah's- but I had a coupon for 70 cent fat quarters at JoAnn's so I only spent $1.40 on it. I aslo made the two little boys snap coin purses from Sew Can She or as we call them "Grandpa coin purses" but I seem to have forgotten to take pictures.

Well that was dumb!
I stitched the entire pillow
right side to wrong side
My seam Ripper got a work out

Elijah's pillow even has a "DogDog"pocket

I got a wee bit carried away with the travel sewing and made a toiletry bag for Lou- the one she had was given to her like 20 years ago and had seen better days. I used this tutorial which is not in English Thanks to Google translate I was able to figure it out. I used a Priority Mail Tyvek envelope for the

I also made a small zipper bag to match

top and bottom interfacing and the cover from a coloring book for the sides. I was able to scavenge the hardware and strap from the original bag. I should really record Lou's reactions- they are always the best, she makes gift giving fun!

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Show and Tell

I just got a notice
that I had new followers- and much to my chagrin I haven't posted in ForEVER! However, I have been sewing like a fiend ( how exactly do fiends sew? - They prolly don't have time in between being fiendish. ? ?) So I decided to just do a quick show & tell today and save all the fun extras and whys and wherefores for later

Get ready for picture overload!

Seatbelt pillows

Elijah's has a pocket for Dog Dog

Drawstring Backpacks

Splendid Sampler 2

Bags

UFO from 2015 that is now gifted!

Professional Tote Bag (my version)

Can you guess what profession :)

Garment Bag!

There you have it! Actually I know there are quite a few projects missing from this show, I will have to search out the pictures and possibly have the gifted photographed- I'll try to post all the fun stuff soon!
Have a great day-
back to sewing- Sherman and I have 2 more pillows and one more bag to make this week!

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Wednesday Already!?

UPDATE: Due to Computer Issues Yesterday, Wednesday's Post did not get finished or Posted!! I apologize for the misssing pictures. Check back this afternoon for Thursday's Traveling Stash update and Teacup!

Wow! I have had a sedulous weekend! Friday night I left work a few minutes early so that I could stop at the LQS before it closed. I was still looking for fabric for "the pillow turned quilt" I had a great time chatting with the shop owner and found exactly what I needed. Then, I decided I should go to Wally's since I was half way there anyway and found some fabric (I can hear you fabric purists groaning out there, but it's not for my quilt) on clearance for $1.00 per yard and found more leafy camo fabric (that is for the quilt but in small doses) Our Wal-mart is one of the few that still carry fabric on bolts for which I am grateful- otherwise it's a 30-45 minute drive to the nearest fabric type store! Of course, I knew that once I got home I would have to restrain myself from using said fabric- I had culottes to finish! When I did arrive home I had two fun packages awaiting.

The top one is the Traveling Stash that I won from Danny over at Mommy For Reals (more on that later!) and the other gimungous box is from CaMom. It was filled to the brim with stuff for SisterMine, stuff for My SweetMommie and the rest was all for me! Fabric, patterns, books, more fat quarters, a lovely battenburg lace tablecloth, all sorts of fun stuff! After getting to the bottom of the boxes, I started sewing culottes and I got all five pair stitched except for the hem and waist bands in no time at all. Sherman did great and just purred away.

On Saturday, after working at the store, I rushed home to make the house presentable. MySweetMommie and Fredly came over and Fredly cleaned out my ~~flower~~ weed bed and added flowers. I grilled chuck eye steaks on my handy dandy George Foreman's (I just got a *new* one for 2.99!) and MySweetMommie made Potato Salad. The steaks turned out great! I marinaded them in Raspberry vinegrette dressing and raspberry soda! We ate outside and enjoyed the summer weather. Fredly did a great job on the flower bed. Some are already blooming! MySweetMommie also received packages from CaMom, so we got to share our goodies. I do believe CaMom is my fairy CaMother! Instead of saying Bippity Boppity Boo, she says "let's send this to Bobbalou!" *tee hee hee*

Just as Mom and Fred were leaving, the owls made a special appearance- they are so amazing to watch.

Sunday afternoon was spent sewing- I assembly lined the hemming and waistband casing process. Then I decided to see if there was an easier way to put the stinkin' elastic in- I fought with one pair of culottes for an hour before church- safety pin opened in mid-shove and got stuck, then it got caught in the pleats and then I repeated the process- I was a snarlin' n spittin' before it was through. I found this link and wow! What a Difference! I put the elastic in 3 pair of culottes in less time than it took me to do the one last pair! (I had to do the last pair the old way because I already had sewn the casing- I should have just unstitched that casing!) I don't think I will EVER do elastic the old way again! Thank You Sherrie!!!!! Anyway, the culottes were done on time and the girls are at camp - hopefully my sewing is holding up! :)

Monday mornings I usually go to SisterMine's but they went to camp as well, so I had Monday morning all to myself. I worked on the grad "pillow turned quilt" and I am loving how it is coming together.

I also worked on the other grad pillow (that isn't turning into a quilt) and made 64 half square triangles using this speedy 8 at a time method! After working at the store, I played around with the cute little HSTs and came up with a plan for them.

Then Tuesday morning, I changed it a bit and as of Tuesday evening, I have the flimsy almost finished!

CaMom asked if was an Aunt Sukey's Choice block- I said nope- it's an Aunt Bobbie's Choice! I believe I will add one more skinny yellow border and then a wide blue swirly dot and it will be ready for quilting. What are you working on?

Be sure to check back ~~tomorrow~~ TODAY!!- I will have a tea cup to share and a traveling stash giveaway!

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Teacup Thursday

Since last Saturday was so October Bright Blue I decided to take a wee jaunt to check out a tea shop I found online. Mommie and I left her house around 2:30 in the afternoon and enjoyed a leisurely drive up to William's Bay Wisconsin. Although, the directions tried really hard to misdirect, We actually didn't get lost at all!! If you know my history at all- that is IMPRESSIVE!! Lou and I decided it was because she wasn't with me! We always get lost together- even when we aren't the ones driving- the car we are in will get lost! Any way- it was a perfect day for a drive! It only took a little over 1.5 hours. As you can tell, there were lots of pretties at the shop for me to oooh and aaah over!

Mom enjoyed a cuppa White Ginger Orange Peach and I sipped Lavender Earl Grey. We had a delightful time chatting with Charlotte Wheatley and then we perused the Antique shop next door.

The road to the Bay was closed, so we meandered to Lakeshore Drive and Fontana, where we wandered by the docks and played on the playground. I will be taking my niece to Osh Kosh in November and we plan to stop and have Tea with Wheatley again! If you are in the area, Tea with Wheatley is hosting a Hat Tea on October 29th!

Others Who Are Participating in

Teacup Thursday!

The Hope Chest
Rose Chintz Cottage
Antiques and Teacups

Friendship Tea

The Rosemary House

Mommie's fav Teapot

Lady Estelle's Tea Corner

Denise's Delights

Faith Hope & Cherrytea

Atteatude and Chocolate

Teacups In the Garden

Letters from the Northwest

A Delightsome Life

Poetry in a Pot of Tea

Lady B's Time for Tea

The Vintage Texan

Yvette's Twistedvines

Romance of Roses

Christine's Home and Travel Adventures

Silken Purse

The Plumed Pen

Garden of Daisies

Oak Rise Cottage
From This to That

Crystal Tearoom

Fabby's Living
Miss Kathy at The Writer's Reverie

Miss Spencer's

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Tea Cup Thursday- and its really thursday

Happy Thursday to you!

I am glad thursday comes once a week because I had a hard time choosing which teacup to share today! I have QUITE a few! This teacup is in my hallway- where it just found its new home for autumn. Since it is Canadian I thought it would go great with my Travel Spot in the hallway. No, the words are not actually on my wall, but they would look neat there! I really need something there to hide the ugly lightswitch!

I believe this cup came from my Mommie- I love it for the gold maple leaves! It looks so pretty with my fall decor, and now it has it's very own space in the Wandering!