Bags - I made

Shoulder bag with flap

Inside pockets.

A year back I made this bag and received good lot of compliments.  The bag is little confusing in the end but believe me it was worth making.  I didn't  use the batting as suggested instead added thick cotton fabric.  I would love  to make it again but with pockets which will be little tricky with the design.  Want to make one for yourself then go ahead with this free tutorial from Mad Quilter: Charm square Jewel shaped bag - FREE tutorial.

Pleated bag made from hubby's shirt and left over fabric from another project.  It has front button with 2 pockets inside which i forgot to photograph.  The front pocket was actually the shirt pocket and i used the cuff as a way of decoration. The next picture will be more clear.

Shirt pocket and cuff

 

Present for my daughters best friend- Pencil pouch.  My girl wanted me to add her friends initial the letter 'L'.
 Her friend in return presented her with a packet of sketch pens

Made this purse for my daughters teacher

Buttercup bag from Made by RAE

I made this with front flap and decorated with yo-yo and wooden button.

Crayon tote bag for my son's friend.  It had 11 pockets for the sketch pen, a pocket for the drawing book and smaller one for keeping additional papers.  I used velcro for safety (extra secure).

My daughter with the bag

My first Tote bag

Numbered Triangle/pyramid soft toy - Tutorial

I made this numbered soft toy for my little girl.  I already made a cube with numbers 1-6 , so I made this with numbers 7-10. 

Here is what you need

Cotton plain cloth

Poly fill

Embroidery thread (any colors)

Scissors

Needle

It is pretty simple to make.  Let me explain first with a diagram.

First in a paper draw a triangle with equal  sides (All sides of a Equilateral triangle are equal).

Now name this triangle as ABC.  Take mid point of AC, BC and AB and name it as F,E,D respectively.  Now join EF, ED and DF (dotted lines).  This forms a smaller triangle(red), totaling 4 triangles in all.  Assume that DEF as base.  Embroidery the numbers.  Fold at D stitch AB, the same way fold at E stitch BC and fold at F and stitch AC leaving a little opening in AC to turn it out.  Fill it with poly fill and ladder stitch it to close.  That’s it. Ready to learn and play.

 

((Even though the explanation seems to be little hard this is really super simple))

 

Want to know how I did this 

After cutting the triangle, I hand stitched the numbers (used chain stitch and running stitch).

Can you see the patch work on top of number 7?  Here it goes.  My little girl was so excited that I was making a toy for her, so she couldn’t resist helping me. Know what she did.  In her words “Mama just  a cut”.  To cover up I had to patch it up.  Kid’s way of helping. Hahaha….

The  reverse side. Marked lines and  the triangles with pencil and  given ¼ “ seam allowance for the triangle.

Folded one of the triangle (the picture is to show that it makes a triangle once folded)

When all the sides are folded we will get a perfect triangle.

Joined the two sides.  As you can see leave 1/4” from top and start to sew.

Joined the last two sides leaving little opening for turning.

Turn it out and fill it.

Use ladder stitch to finish the opening.  

Done.  ENJOY.....

At the Zooooooo.............

Few months back we went to the zoo which my kids really enjoyed.  Just wanted to share some pictures. 

Crocodiles having afternoon nap

Hippos enjoying their time

Look at him..  Leopards are large, muscular predator and have white eye-linings at the bottom of the eyes which assists its vision at night.  It is otherwise hard to know the difference between a leopard and cheetah at a glance. Now, check out these photos of Ostrich

 

 

 

When the bird saw me taking his picture he came closer and wanted to pose in style, and i wouldn't say 'NO' for it.  He was just awesome. 

Can you see the elephant?  Only his butt hahaha.........     Oh there is one more guy.   Look closer and spot the spotted deer.

Can you see the elephant?  Only his butt hahaha.........

    Oh there is one more guy.   Look closer and spot the spotted deer.

Can you see the elephant?  Only his butt hahaha.........