This bag has a pocket

I have been eyeing a bag with outside pockets in the book the Sewing Adventure girls picked out for us to use. I needed something pronto as a birthday present for a little girl. It wasn't difficult at all considering I come prepared to conquer a mountain when the thing is only a little hill.

So, this bag now belongs to a little someone who I hope enjoys it as much as I did making it.

Speaking of mountains, there are some more complex bags I'd love to try and I must prepare by staring at a pattern for a week.

The April Project

For Finny and Donk's Sewing Adventure.

I did the "pressing thing" this time. I don't usually have an iron handy when I sew, and I use lots of pins instead.

The Piggy Banks

OK, so why make a piggy bank with a bottle that has an opening too small for quarters? 'Cause it's fun, that's why! :-) Here they are, individualized to reflect the girl owner.

The idea came from here.

Without legs, and with broken legs.
Kid made.

Yet Another Softie

Snowden chose "The Lookout", minus the bird. I realize these young hands are learning something that can bring her pleasure fir a lifetime. She starts off slowly.

Cutting.

The face is embroidered.

Sewing.

Stuffing.

Done. Hello Rosie!

Softies - The Treeling

Grasshopper, the perpetual lover of small things, prods me on to make more. She possesses persistence for both of us. Here's the current Softies creation.

Laying it all out.

Leaves are attached.

Ms. Treeling.

Hello!

Bow Wow

The dog from the Softies book. I used materials that I had. The blue corduroy was leftover from a dress the grandma had made for Snowden when she was three. I thought it would be a nice way to preserve the memory.

Two for two.

I had to embroider the nose because I didn't have black felt.

Hello!

I made a bag!

It turns out that this isn't quite the technique I was supposed to learn in March's project of Finny and Donk's Sewing Adventure. What attracted me to the adventure was the disciplined opportunities to learn new things, and I have. I made a bag, lined and everything. I am happy, Momma.

Sans lining. Almost finished.

Done. My laptop has a transporter.

And squares make a blanket

Snowden learned how to cut squares using the tools quilters use. She arranged them and I did the sewing. I wanted her to do the quilting too and she did, but this was machine quilted, a task that turned out to be difficult. She now owns a soft, bright, biggerthanher, quilt she helped make.

How to sew a button

Step by step instructions here. My Momma didn't teach me that.

The Sew Along - Pin Tucking

This was the chosen project for March.

(photo borrowed from Africakelli 'cause I can't upload any. Ggrrr!)

I am not fond of table runners, so I decided to use the pin tucking technique on something I would use: a bag for my laptop. I will upload pictures when I figure out why Blogger is messing with me.