The last gift I made for our cousin’s children was a small tote bag for their daughter. I used the same tutorial that I used for my tote bag, except I added a pocket to the inside and changed the dimensions so it was smaller. I cut two 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 pieces from… Read more »
Another thing I made for our cousin’s six month old son was a ribbon blanket. I essentially followed this tutorial from Moda Bake Shop but looked at many other ones as well. Due to the fabric that I was using, I ended up with odd sizes. I cut each square 9 5/8” with 1/4” seam… Read more »
Our cousin has a daughter a little over a year older than Lillian and they have been nice enough to give us a lot of clothes for Lillian. I decided that I wanted to do something for them other than just a thank you card. So I decided to make a few things for the… Read more »
I wanted to make Lillian’s Easter basket and decided on this style from Pink Penguin. I did change it a little so that it would have one strap instead of two, since I think of an Easter basket as a basket with one long handle. I decided on three different fabrics for the body, plus… Read more »
Changing a rotary cutter blade is a pretty basic thing to do but I thought a post about it couldn’t hurt, right? This is what it looks like from the front (well, what I consider the front). There is a a black nut on the back that you loosen to get the orange screw off. … Read more »
I wanted a makeup bag to match my toiletry bag so I decided on a smaller version of the same design. I would actually not mind it being even a little smaller than this one. Since I made the toiletry bag too tall, I figured I could fix that mistake this time and I found… Read more »
