Mini Tote Bag: A Pattern Re-write pdf

I wrote this tutorial over a year ago! I was trying to put some items together to help my kids last through church. It kind of worked, kind of didn't. But these bags have lasted and lasted. If we aren't using them for one thing, they're being used for another. Including my husband using the green one all the time!

The young women in my church have been talking to me about teaching them how to make them. We tried last Wednesday, but man did I underestimate how long everything takes when you're teaching someone else to make something!

We got started with them, but setting up all the sewing machines, searching for power cords, picking out fabrics and everything else took longer than I thought.

I decided I definitely needed to clean up the tutorial as well as make it a pdf so I could easily share it on paper. Thanks to Craftsy's great pattern shop it is so worth it to share it there as well! I'm going to leave my old tutorial up on my blog under Tutorials, but I'll also add in the link to the pdf for anyone who wants to use it.

The format is basically the same as what is on my blog, but I've cleaned up the steps and improved it a bit. It's funny to look back on something I made a year and a half ago and see where I am now and what I would do differently. Not that it's changed that much, but it's changed a little. I do want to make another bag and take better pictures! Unfortunately the pictures when printed out in black and white aren't great, so I definitely want to improve those. But hey, it's a free pattern, so hopefully no one will complain. Plus you can always come back and see the pictures on my blog! (click on them to enlarge them!)

You can find the pdf pattern for the Mini Tote Bag here: http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/sewing/Accessory/Mini-Tote-Bag/16905?fresh=true

I'd love to know what you think and what feedback you may have! I am hoping that after we move and get settled in a little bit I can spruce it up even more and add some fun variations to it! :)

If you make it, will you share it in my flickr group? :D

http://www.flickr.com/groups/fromblankpages/

P.s. I really hope everyone in the US enjoyed their holiday today!  

A HUGE Thank you to all of our service men! 

Previous and currently serving! As well as their families who sacrifice so much!

 

BOO Magnets winner

Sorry, first thing this morning turned into late this evening. I don't have any excuses though... So, I'll just go ahead and hopefully make someone's day! :)

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Lacey said...

I'm a new follower :) your stuff is super cute! I would love to have a set of these magnets on my fridge :)

Congrats Lacey!

I'll send you an email so I can get your address and send these off to you! :)

Thanks everyone who left a comment! And everyone for stopping by! :) You make my day! :)

Made It: Boo Magnets & Freebies

For the last two days my SIL has been coming over and I've been helping her cut out some stuff on the cricut. It's been a lot of fun, and what we were doing got me really excited to try some other things with the Make The Cut program. I am loving it!!!

Since the project for the week over at CSI is fall, I decided to make some BOO magnets! :)
(Of course I always think the linky is open all day Thursday, and it never is. And with early morning doctors oppointments, I totally missed posting these over there. Oh well. Hopefully next week I'll remember to make something on Wednesday! But go check out all the cute stuff anyway!) :)

These magnets are pretty big, just over 4.5" by 4.5". But it's been fun! I don't use my cricut nearly enough!!

BOO

"B is for BAT" and "O is for OWL"

I cut them out, ran them through my xyron creative station, turning them into permanent stickers. Cut out the background and glued it all onto magnet sheets and cut out the magnet just around the paper. Then I am going to cover them with modpodge to help keep them all together! :) I love how they turned out!

I do have to do a shout out to all you scapbookers though! It's tough figuring out how to layer the paper so they look good, and are readable! I need to add some extra outlines with my pen to make some of them more readable. I guess I'm still learning! ;) (I am DEFINITELY not a scapbooker.)

When I first thought of these, I couldn't decide how to display them! I thought of cutting them out of fabric and making them appliques on a little quilt or wall hanging, or modpodge fabric and these onto a canvas board. I also thought about framing them, or even making some fabric blocks and putting them on one side of each block. (That's actually what I tried first, but I was having difficulties). That way my boys could play with them, and I would have to figure out where to hang them on our lack of wall space. You could also put them on wooden blocks, and that would be cute too. The possibilities are endless! The magnets are fun though, and Hike already played with them a little bit.

And guess what! While cutting the paper I had extra squares and decided to make an extra set!

Do you want it???

*** A new home has already been found for this lovely set ***

Make sure you are a follower of this blog, and leave a comment with your email (or you can email me at dbByDesign@gmail.com if you don't want to leave your email) so I can contact you, and I will randomly pick a winner first thing Wednesday! :)

Happy Halloween! and Happy Fall!!! :)

Do you want to make your own? I used fonts from Lettering Delights. You can get there by clicking on the button on my sidebar.
Font is LD Typeset, The bat and owl are DB Boo Ya. So cute! And right now they are only $1! :)
You can check out Make the Cut from my button too. It's a fantastic program if you have a cricut! Easy to use and you don't ever have to buy another cartridge!

Don't miss this giveaway!

Until this Saturday there is a giveaway over at One Day at a Time for a $10 Gift card or camera case by me. :)

There are also plenty other cute giveaways to enter, so don't miss it! :)

...and now I'm off for my family reunion! I will sure miss my hubby!

Love ya babe!