Crafts with Kristi

Can I just tell you that I'm in love with my sewing machine?  Ok, I'm in love with my sewing machine.  The reviews are in and it.is.awesome.  I've been having so much fun with it.  My only complaint, and this is about sewing in general, is that Cora can't really help much.  I love that she can help me when I bake.  But needles and pins and scissors...oh my.

Anyway, here are some of my newest creations. 

These are some more lined bags, one with a gusset bottom.  I'm using that one for a makeup bag, but I need to figure out a closure of some sort.  As suspected, the fuseable velcro was a bust.  I need some snaps or I need to learn to sew zippers.  I'm scared of zippers.

This is just a little tote that I made using only one fat quarter (which I picked up for around $1 - score!).  I love fat quarters, just wish the store carried a bit more variety in fabric and texture.  There are some lovely online stores, though...just don't tell Ben!

The red print fabric is another fat quarter.  The lining is some old fabric that I've had for years and finally decided to use. 

Check it out - it's reversible!

These next two were my first attempts at bags.  The cow print is for groceries and the blue flowers works great as a library tote.

And this is the one I'm most proud of so far because it has pockets.  Lots of pockets.  The next time I make this pattern, I'm going to do two things differently:  1) I'm going to make it bigger and 2) I'm going to use interfacing to give it some heft.  This thing is a bit flimsy. 

I love the fabric.

What kinds of crafts do you like to do?  I used to be super into scrapbooking and I really, really need to bring that stuff out again.  Cora is turning 4 in less than 2 months but according to my scrapbooks, she's perpetually 9 months.  Oy vey, that's a lot of catching up to do.

Well, that's it for this post.  Cora woke me up at 5:30 a.m. again and I can see the bottom of this coffee cup.