Car Caddy aka Pinspiration numero – sesenta y cinco

This caught my eye as I was looking for things to make for little boys.  I wanted something small and fun that they could carry around with them.

Source: Smart Schoolhouse via Tricia on Pinterest

My newphew-B2 loves Star Wars.  So I knew I wanted to make him a Star Wars themed caddy.  When I went to look for cars, all I could find was actual Tie Fighter, etc shaped toys and wasn’t sure how to make that work.  Then I went down the next aisle where the Hot Wheels are and wha-la!  I found what I was looking for!!  I posted this photo on my Instagram and my nephew-B2 saw it and told his mom to buy that for him.  Haha!

I followed the tutorial on Smart School House.  Here is my inside altogether just making sure that the cars fit.

And here it is all done!  I went with this blue Star Wars print as the “road” since they’re in space, even though cars are what I provided.  This was for my nephew-B2’s 2016 birthday.  Then for Christmas 2016 I gave him two more cars to fill the other spaces.

This is what it looks like all rolled up.

From the top you can still see the cars.

This is a different caddy that I made for a friend’s kid for Christmas 2016.  For his birthday 2017 he got two more cars.

My OH neighbor-L loves construction trucks so I made one for him using construction trucks for Christmas 2016.

These were pretty fun and easy to make.  They make great gifts, even for girls if you could find something girly.  =)

Mother’s Day gifts!

For Mother’s Day 2016, I made two Noodle-Head Snappy Mani Wallets.

This one was for Paul’s mom.

The inside.  It has four small elasticized pockets and one medium sized zippered pocket.

This one was for my mom.

She really likes the color blue so I used this blue medallion print and blue thread.

I found this small scrap of pink fabric that had this little heart on it and I thought it would be cute.

I also paired it with a small bottle of lotion.

This is a great gift to give.  It’s simple and easy to make and it pairs well with a bottle of lotion, a bottle of nail polish, or even some nail clippers.

So fun!

it’s like a mullet!

For Christmas 2015, I made my other SIL a Christina Clutch.  Remember this one I made for one SIL?  Doesn’t it look all nice and fancy?  It’s in black and white but it basically is black and grey in color IRL .

The reason I say it’s like a mullet is because on the outside it’s all nice, simple looking and everything and then when you open it….it’s all party on the inside with minions!

I also made this one slightly different than the grey/mint one.  This one was made with pellon 809 and pellon fusible fleece interfacing, applied respectively, giving it more stability.

I really like this combination of interfacing.  I’ve thought about using their fusible foam but I haven’t tried it yet.  Maybe sometime soon.

Until then…party on Wayne! party on Garth!!

snuggalicious

My sister-in-law and I have a running joke, well more like I have a running joke, that I am going to buy her a snuggie because she’s always cold. I knew the general fit and look of a Snuggie but I didn’t really have a clue as to how I was going to make it.  I has wanted to make it for her for Christmas 2014 but because I didn’t know where to start I ended up chickening out and doing something else.

Around mid-November 2015, I had made myself a Marianne Dress.  I had found the pattern while perusing Indie Sew, which is where I get most of my patterns.  It turned out great except for the length, I had shortened just a tad bit too much.  It fit well, it was just about an inch or so shorter than I had imagined it was going to be.

But making the dress gave me an idea as to how I was going to construct the snuggie for my sil.  She’s about five times smaller than me so I just used the same size for the width and lengthened it.  Unfortunately I don’t have any photos of how I checked for length but basically I laid the fabric on the floor and laid down on/next to it to make sure that I have enough for the hem and everything.

From there I just followed the instructions for the dress.  Because fleece isn’t too stretchy I had to measure the neckline and cut my own neck band rather than cut what the pattern calls for.  Here is where I was measuring the neckline.  I just used a retractable measuring tape and clipped it to the neckline.  I think I saw somewhere that you take the measurement and subtract four inches to get the neckband length. So I think that’s what I did.  I don’t remember.  oops.  haha.

Here it is all finished…and next to my Christmas decorations.

A close-up of the neckband.  I sewed the seam allowance down so that it doesn’t pop up while she’s wearing it.  I think the length ended up being pretty good.  I really liked how it turned out, if I do say so myself.  haha!

Here is sil wearing it on Christmas Day after opening it up.

And my dorky bro who tried it on.  haha!

Who wore it better?!?!!?!!?!??

My bro was wearing it more than my sil and so I ended up making one for him for his birthday.  But we’ll save that for another post.

 

i need an apron!

So I think I had posted a photo of me wearing my Starbucks Coffee Company apron and one of my old coworkers had said she lost all of hers.  I offered to make one for her and she said that it’d be cool to have one.  So I went to look for some fabric and started.

First I laid out the apron and cut along the edges and included a 1/2 inch seam allowance.

I cut two pieces, front and back and cut a piece for pockets.

Here is the apron string ends.

All completed!

A coworker from Old Navy asked me to make three aprons for Christmas gifts for her after she saw this post on IG.

This is the first one. Sorry about the blurry photos……

A close-up of a small quilting to keep the pieces together.

Apron strings.

The second one is for her sister who survived breast cancer.

She asked to include this ribbon somewhere.  I thought it added a personal touch.

Some quilting to keep the pieces together.

The apron strings.  She really liked this print even thought it was on flannel.  I thought it went well, color-wise, too.

The last one.  I forgot to take photos of it at home so when I brought them to work I ended up taking photos of it at work.

I was proud of my super straight stitching so I took a photo of it.

Sweet stitch quilting to keep the pieces together.

Here is a photo of the three recipients, her grandma, mom, and sister.

So glad that I was able to help her with some handmade gifts .  Also, making aprons is fun!