Bags Bags Bags !

Momy made her own grocery/shopping bags a couple years ago.  She's really good about using them - she always remembers to take them in the grocery store and uses them instead of using those crappy plastic ones they give you!  Anyway - recently, I've had a few "incidents" with those grocery store plastic bags BREAKING on me and stuff falling out of my bag.  The final straw was when a jar of cheese wiz came out of one of my ripped bags and BROKE in the driveway!  I had a broken glass and goey cheese mess to clean up outside  :(  YUCK  Normally - I would just cry to Mommy and plead with her to make me a set of grocery bags like hers!....... BUT - since I've been sewing "stuff" other than just quilts - I thought....  hhhmmmmm......  maybe - just maybe I could make my own!!!  LOL  I asked Mommy for the directions and went to work!!!  Needless to say - I am LOVING the bag thing!  So far Ive made 5 bags!  After my first bag - I made me and Mommy matching bags for quiting/sewing/craft shopping.  Then I decided to get brave and deviate fom the pattern size and make a few CUSTOM SIZE bags to my needs (pretty much just BIGGER).....  Here are some pics!

MY FIRST BAG!!!  Mommy wasn't with me - so poor Mommy had to explain a few things to me over the phone!  LOL  I get frustrated when I've read a step more than 3 times and still stare at the paper and say "HUH??"....  LOL  But Mommy got me through my road blocks!!  Geez where would I be without Mommy!

Then I made these fabric/sewing/craft shopping bags for me and Mommy.  I dont think you can see - but Mommy's has BLUE thread and mine has PURPLE. 

This one was next!  I made it much bigger (and super deep) - and put REALLY LONG handles on this one!  Sometimes it's hard carrying everything you have to carry with a two year old in your arms too!  So it's nice to have long handles sometimes. I can sling this over my shoulder OR even dip my head & shoulder under and sling it in front of me if needed!

I'm having a GREAT TIME by the way, matching up fabric choices for the lining etc in these bags!  I LOVE LOVE matching up fabrics!

This is my last and so far my FAVORITE BAG!!  I added a POCKET to the front and to the back! I made it not as deep but wide and real boxy bottom!  I even added a piece of covered cardboard on the bottom for good support!

HAVING A BLAST MAKING BAGS!!!!

More Valentine Gifts

OK - I finished my neighbors Valentine Gifts!!  I made them a table runner to match the towels that I made.  I filled these matching box's with a variety of chocolate heart candies!!