Fun Little Snapy Bag Tutorial

So these bags are so fun, easy to make, and have so many little uses. 

The opening opens up and snaps shut as soon as you let it go.  It is so fun to play with with you will fidget with it all day.  The best part is they are fast, cheep and easy to make.  You will love to make them and give them to your friends.

You need some scrap fabric. 

Cut it into one 14"x7" rectangle.

Two 7"x3" rectangles.

Two 4"x4" squares.

Two 6" cut pieces of tape measure (from the dollar store).

First take the 7"x3" rectangle fold in half length wise right sides together. Sew along the seem. Make sure you have enough room to slide you tape measure in the rectangle.  This is the casing for the measuring tape. do the same to the other one.

Next take the square, fold it into a triangle.

Fold the triangle in half. It will look like this...

Place the triangle on the short edge of you larger rectangle of fabric. 

Place the casing for the measuring tape you just sewed on top of the triangle lining up the raw edges.

Pin and sews edges together. (you can add the measuring tape before you sew, get as close to the tape as you can with ought hitting it with your needle. Or you can sew the pieces together with ought the tape, just remember to sew on the inside of the seem you already placed on the casing for the measuring tape.

Do the same proses to the other end of the bag.

Now you have to add the measuring tape. When you do the the curved side, or convex side, of the tape measure needs to be facing the outside of the bag and the concave side will be facing the inside of the bag.

Fold the bag in half right sides together and pin the seems.  Be sure to pin the tape measure in place so you have enough seam allowance on either side.

Sew the seam and add a zig-zag stitch to secure it. Trim off the extra seam allowance.

Turn the bag right side out. Now you have a cute, fun, little, bag.  Hope you enjoy it.

Hand Made Clothes (What I made for Christmas)

Happy New Year!  We are back.

 I hope you all had a great Holiday. Heather and I sure did.  

I was planing on doing this post before Christmas but life got to busy.  So here it is, a bit late.

I made my kids Christmas outfits this year.  It only cost me 19 dollars for all the fabric including the thread for all three kiddos. Not bad, is what I say.  Plus I had fun making them.  For the girls dresses I make my one pattern. For Roberts vest, which is reversible, I used this tutorial, and for the cape I used this tutorial.

Zebra Romper Tutorial, Do Zebras eat pizza?

I will start by telling you why Georgia has pizza.  I grabbed a
slice from the fridge right before going outside to take pictures.

Georgia saw the yummy slice in my hand and pointed to it with
enthusiasm so as I offered her a bite.  She took the whole slice and when I tried to take it back, she would not lett go of the pizza.  So that is how I discovered zebras do indeed eat pizza.

For this romper I  just took one of her rompers from her wardrobe and
used it as a pattern.  Before you cut, find out which way the fleece

stretches. The fabric will have a stretch to it when pulled one way and
none when pulled the other way.  You want the outfit to stretch across
the body of the suit. ( width wide, not length wide)

Take and fold your romper in half tucking the arms in.

Fold you Fleece,  lay the romper over the fabric folded edges together.

Trace and cut out 2 halfs. leaving 1/2 inch seam allowance..

Next you need to cut a rectangle 3 inches longer and 2 1/2 inches

wider then the inseam for the pant legs.

Lay your sleeves the same way you did the body of the romper on

the fabric, trace and cut.

Start with the inseam on the legs. pin the rectangle, right sides

together, to the pant leg lining up the center and sew along the

inside seam.

Once you have sewn the seam you will turn the rectangle to the inside

of the romper.

Like shone.

The front half of the romper inseam is sewn different then the back. I show you how to sew the front first.   ( you will see)

Trim the edges of the rectangle pin and sew around the outside edge.

That is it for the front.

 

For the back half, you start the same way you did for the front. But

when you turn the rectangle in you don't turn it all the way. Like the
pictures shown below, Just fold the fabric up to the seam  not
overlapping it.

Pin it here. Sewing the around crotch is a bit tricky, but not to hard.

When you are done it will look like this.

Now sew your two body halves right side together along the top shoulder and the sides.

The next step is the sleeves. Sew along the bottom seam right sides

together then turn them right side out. 

Place them inside the sleeve opening of the romper.  The romper is

still inside out.  So the sleeves are lined up seam to seam with the

romper and right sides together.

Sew along this edge repeating on the other sleeve.

For the neck I first made sure it went over Georgia's head. Then

folded the fabric down twice to finish the edge, pin and sew.

(Note...  there may be a better way like sewing some jersey fabric

over the opening for a finished edge, When I sew I go for easy and

quick.  Nobody ever said to me my cloths were sewn wrong.  So,

sew any way that works for you.

If you are using a romper with snaps then look at it to use as a guide for placing the snaps. 

For the hat you can find the tutorial here.