T-shirt tote

So I've finally gotten around to working on a project on a weekday. (You may have notice that all my previous posts were made on the weekend.) Anyway, on Monday I went to the local thrift store and found 4 great "new" t-shirts for projects. I used one of them for my t-shirt tote, along with a shirt I got back in high school at a leadership convention. I designed my tote after one in the Generation-T book but I put my own spin on it.

I started with this shirt from Silver Dollar City. My absolute favorite place in the world! The other shirt I used was just black with a logo. (And yes I forgot to take a before picture until after I began to cut.)
















I wanted to put the straps on the outside of the front and back, but at the same time I didn't want to cover the words on the shirt. So I did both. On the front the strap is sewn on the inside, on the back the strap is on the outside. I also included a pocket in mine made from the sleeve.


Here's the front.





















The back.















And the tote in use.

Pincushion

So I found this website about how to make a pincushion and I've been wanting to try it. So tonight I finally got around to it. I'm not to proud of the results, but here they are. Sorry my pictures always turn out a little blurry. I didn't put enough stuffing into it so you have to put the pins in at an angle so they don't poke out the other side. I also pulled the thread a little too tight. For this one I used a CD for a pattern but next time I may use some thing a little smaller like the rim of a cup or something like that. The fabric I used for this was some red felty (I'm not sure that that is even a real word) like fabric and the red and blue bear fabric was in the $1 a yard section at Wal-Mart so I figured it would be good to practice with, and the button was just one I found in my button collection. Anyway, i'm just rambling a little. So here are the pictures of my first try at a pincushion.

Anyway, I'm going to make another pincushion soon to see if my second one will turn out better. I'm really wanting my next project to be a t-shirt tote. I'm going to use a pattern from Generation-T that uses two t-shirts. However, I don't have two shirts at school with me that I want to cut up so I'm going to have to hit the thrift store soon. Another project I really want to do is to make a terrarium. I had one when I was little that I made out of a 2-litter pop bottle and I'm not really sure what happened to it, the a couple of weekends ago I ran across some pictures of terrariums on the internet and they inspired me to make one.

Crafting Weekend

I got crafting this last weekend. I was home for fall break and finally had some time to work on some projects that I've been wanting to do but just didn't have the time or supplies with me.

The first this I made was a sewing kit in a jar. It was actually easier then I thought it would be. I just got one of my mom's old canning jars and put in some of my sewing items. Then I got a scrap of fabric and a shoe box. I cut a circle out of the shoe box the same size as the lid and cut a circle out of the fabric that is about 1 inch larger all the way around (I used a coaster for a pattern.) I had fun and now I have something cute to put on my sewing table.

The second thing I worked on was some altered matchboxes. I discovered them on etsy.com and I think they're really neat. So...I decided to see if I could make my own. These are my efforts. (Sorry the pictures are blurry.) The first one I made is the musical note one and the second is made from a paper bag from Silver Dollar City and is filled with all sorts of goodies. Little bits of ribbon, beads, rinstones, a sticker, and other things as soon as I get some more stuff. I was originally making these for the "A Happy Miscellany Craft Swap". But I dont think I'll be able to do it now :( Hopfully there will be another like it soon.

I also did a little bit of garage selling while I was at home. I got an old reader book that was published in 1932, an old school desk, and a lucky you perfume tin. I forgot to take a picture of the things I bought, maybe I'll remember next time I'm at home.

Retro Memo Pad Cont.

If anyone is interested in a tutorial for the memo pad in the previous post here is the one I used. It's a lot of fun. Everyone should make a memo pad out of a cute box!
Memo Pad Tut

Retro Memo Pad

A while back I saw on someone's blog how to make a retro memo pad, I'm not sure whose it was on. Anyway, I thought it was cute so I decided to try it myself using a pop tart box. Here's how it turned out.

(For my profile picture.)

Hey ya'll

Ok...so here goes my first post. I've never blogged before but I found some bloggers on here that I really like and I wanted to join them. Those are My house is cuter then yours and A very mary design. I'm going to mainly be posting thrift store finds, sewing projects, crafting projects, and just things like that. Like I said I'm new to this whole thing so if there's anyone out there who can help me with the technicallities of posting and all that then please help.

I noticed on the bloggers posts that I mentianed earlier that they participated in swaps. They were assigned someone and then would mail them different things. It seemed really neat and fun and I would love to get involved in something like that.

Last week I ventured out to the local Salvation Army where I found some neat things. I picked up a copy of Singing in the Rain and four records- a Boots Randolph one and three Lawrence Welk records. The movie was marked 50 cents and the records were $1 each. I was going to see if I could strike a deal for the records and get them for cheaper. Come to find out the records were 80% off and the movie was 20% off! So I got all 5 items for under $2!

Anyway, that's about all I have for now. If anyone is reading this then I hope you enjoyed it. So long for now.