A Vintage Apron and a WIP

With so much going on, I forgot about these two little goodies. The first is a vintage apron I found in Gruene...my new favorite town, if you couldn't tell. lol! There is just so much cute stuff there!




This is one of my WIPs...I always have several going on at once...this little cutie will be a new tote bag. I think the elephant is adorable, and I just love the black floral print sooooooo much! I found it at Jo-Ann's and only got a yard...didn't realize it's potential, I guess. I went back to get more but by then it was all gone. (If anybody sees this, grab it up and I'll buy it from you!) The problem with this tote is, I'm loving it so much, I don't know if I want to keep it for myself or try to sell it.


And, for dinner tonight...Steven's ribs (made with his own special recipe sauce) and baked potatoes. My favorite!

Happy New Year to everyone!

The finished Target Towel Tote!

This tote bag was made for Ethan's teacher out of a kitchen towel I found at Target...well, the towel inspired it, I should say. (There is a picture of the original, full sized towel just a couple of posts below.)

So this is the outside of the tote, just right for the Holiday Season:


And this is the inside/reversable side, so she will still be in total style the whole year through! lol!


And I'm just adding this because everyone always asks...No, I did not do the Santa, snowman and trees applique. That came on the towel. However, the red and white polka-dot fabric was in my stash, and yes, I made the mushroom.

Wanted to show you the Target things...

Just wanted to show you the towels from Target so you could get the whole picture. Because, no, I did not do all of that applique myself! They are just so cute, and it makes for some VERY easy holiday crafting!

This is the first one I bought to make a pillow for our family room. The colors just match perfectly, so I had to do something with it. I just folded it in half with right sides together, stitched up the three sides, leaving a little opening for turning right side out and stuffing, then handstitched that opening closed. It turned out so cute and easy, I had to go get more...as you will see...



Another very cute towel! This one will be a tote bag...well, they both will. lol!



Just wanted to show you the hot pads that come with this group. *note to self-do not take smart kids who know what you can do to Target with you!* The kids (and by "the kids" I mean Ethan and Claire) noticed that they have openings at the bottom and "...all you have to do Mom, is put the stuffing in there and sew it up!" The penguin does not have an opening. But, it's so cute I couldn't just leave it there and buy it's friends...all I have to do is just get my very broken in seam ripper and open it up a little, stuff it up, sew it up, and, VOILA! Instant Holiday Softies!



This little bathroom hand towel was too cute to pass up! I was looking at it, and Claire said it was so soft, she wanted me to make her a pillow with it...so I did. Now, of course, if I make something for one kid, I have to make 3, so here is a picture of the whole towel, and Claire's finished pillow.



I finished the back of Claire's pillow with light blue fleece. Each kid will have a different color back, so there is no fighting!


These are great because you really only have to fold them in half and sew. But, of course, you can also trim them to a certain size. I did find, though, that if you just rip out the stitching that is there first, it makes the corners a lot nicer and MUCH less bulky!