The sad fact is that my waistline has grown and because I am a working mother of three young kids I eat poorly and rarely have time to exercise. But, there's no time to whine about it because I have a project to show you! And no, it isn't a belly dancing outfit. ;)
Backpacks!
My girls needed backpacks for preschool, so I made them quick and easy drawstring backpacks with fabrics they chose. Of course Sunny chose dogs.
And Elle chose monkeys.
Ellie wanted her name on her backpack, so I did a quick embroidery of her name for the pocket.
I used fusible fleece as interfacing on both backpacks. That will add durability to the fabric (it is quilting cotton from JoAnns) and add some cushion. Both bags are also fully lined with contrasting fabric.
I used a heavy duty grommet kit from Home Depot to install grommets on the bottom of the backpacks to hold the straps. Seriously, if you want good grommets, get the kit from Home Depot. Previously, I had the plier tool from Joanns and nothing I ever applied with it stayed on for long. I also fused vinyl to the corners of the backpacks to help the grommets stay put.
Next, I'm making reusable insulated sandwich and snack bags for Luke's lunchbox. That will save hundreds of plastic baggies from the landfill during this school year. I'll post a link to the tutorial I'm planning to use after I've made the bags.
My sewing room is also getting a mini makeover, so hopefully I can show you some pictures of it later this week. :)
4 comments:
Those are very cute backpacks. What lucky little girls!
Oh, those backpacks are SO incredibly cute!! Wow!
Have fun belly dancing! A friend of mine in grad school taught classes, and I really loved it. Those backpacks are adorable, too!
You are so awesome Arizona. Your girls are so lucky to have such a crafty momma!!
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