Leftover Weekend

 

This is how I spent my weekend - making little projects to use up delicious, wonderful scraps.  I love the little zippered bags Nanette is making, so I decided to make some myself.  Zippers make me a little nervous, as I don't work with them very often anymore.  Not since that girls were tiny things, and making clothes for them was a daily event.  But I recently saw an example of installing a zipper on purses, and I thought "eureka, this will work"...so there's no stopping me now.

1. The first two little guys are pin cushions for Lizzy - leftover blocks from a special project.  They are stuffed with leftover batting - that I can't seem to throw away.  One night while watching TV I shredded several bags of leftover batting strips, that have now become FREE pillow stuffing.  Lizzy filled three pillows with the stuff...a good bargain. 
2. The little bag is only about 5" x 5", perfect purse size - the fabric is Lizzy's favorite Amy Butler fabric, with some satin ribbon sewn in for good measure.
3. A Valentines bag 5" x 10" made from beautiful Holly Holderman fabric.  There's a sad story that goes along with this bag.  A coworker's granddaughter, age 6 has terminal cancer.  Everyone at work is signing little valentines day cards, and we will put them in the bag, so she has a special place to keep them - and be able to read them over, and over again.

I feel so much better using leftovers from other projects; they get a second life.

Have a great week!

P.S.  Only a few more days until the City Park pattern is available

Comments

[meg]

Cute cute cute! There is nothing more satisfying than using scraps for other worthy projects. I managed to use a whole piece of fabric for a gift last week, and felt pretty victorious. :)

[Freda's Hive]

So darling. Cherri you are so talented. Thank you so much for mentioning my blog. Such a sweet surprise. I know Lizzy will love the surprises. Its fun to do little projects you can start and stop in a short time. I have loved making those bags and I felt the same way about the zipper until I saw a tutorial and made a few and now I'm back to where I think I could set a zipper in a dress with no problem (it had been years for me, too). Those bags are fun.

Thanks again.