How I Spent My Saturday Vacation

Sewing. That’s how I spent my Saturday vacation. And hubby spent his removing a door and replacing it with a window. What fun we had! OH – and then we went out for dinner to celebrate. I’m tellin’ ya, we are one swingin’ couple!!

Here’s what I made. I’d found a scrap of fabric at the Goodwill Outlet, where things are sold by the pound. It was pretty ragged around a couple of edges, about 15″ high at its shortest height, and the full length of the original 45″ fabric. The tallest part was a little over 16″. I was wishing I had another few inches of it, but not to be. Anyway, I was able to use the entire piece of what I did have.

keychain first try

my pretty flowered scrap piece

the flowers outlined as quilting

removable insert to keep bottom rigid

deep pocket. I may make it into two pockets!

love pockets!! especially zipper pockets

kinda wonky on the zipper ends, but it works!

ach! the cup and the lining – they match!!

tote bag without flap

As usual, no patterns – just an idea in my head. I figured I could cut the tote about 16″ by 16″, until I discovered only a few inches of the the remnant was 16″ tall, so I made it 15 by 15. Actually, I ended up cutting it 32 wide by 15 tall, and folded it over to make it 16 by 15. I cut the lining and the batting the same size. Trying to figure out how to quilt it was interesting. I ended up just quilting around the big flowers and left it at that.

I did get some shots of the door/window transformation too, which I may share someday, when the transformation is complete. The idea is to put a countertop in, and a doggy palace below it, since it’s over the doggy door. That will entail taking half a cabinet door off to make room for little Spencer’s dog-cave. He wants his own apartment and his own private entrance to the house. Talk about spoiled brat-dogs!

Well, that was our weekend – how was your??