Friday, November 16, 2012

Ruffled Goodness

I recently bought a new Sew Serendipity
bag pattern.....Lola Gypsy Bag 

And it is now my FAVORITE bag of all time!!!!
I have one of Kay's books and many of her patterns
and I have to say they are the best. I get the best fit 
when I use her patterns. Sometimes I use them completely
as written....and other times they are the inspiration and the 
basic foundation of my project. 


This one is a fun pattern for sure.
I did ad trim to the top of my upper ruffle because
I sewed them on differently the how it is done in the pattern.
I am trying to use up my fabric stash and didn't want to buy anything
for this bag.....therefore my fabric weight is a little heavier than is ideal.
I also used a lightweight houdstooth canvas for the bag body and didn't use any additional
interfacing for the bag itself. For inside pockets....I line both sides of the lining with an 8" deep pocket
across the entire width of the front and back, that is then sectioned into three pockets each side, for a total of
6 wonderful, deep pockets for keeping pens, cell phone, lipstick,calender, and such organized. 
I will be carrying this one for a long time....I think I need a few more perhaps :)

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Creative Crochet


My kids....well one in particular loves his
fun, crazy, crochet hats. Every year I make him
at least one, but usually more. This week he asked
for aTurkey...with a face

I went to my favorite go to place for inspiration and patterns
ravelry of course.

Where I found three hats that I loved
each for different reasons. Two of them I had
to purchase and one was a free download.
And this was my end result!
Which I absolutely love and adore.

It is a most fun hat for the month of November.

And best of all, he loves it and does in fact wear it
out and to school....high school of all places!
I am one lucky mom that he loves my crazy creations.

My pattern collections came from:
536 Turkey Hat....Sandy Powers

Wild Turkey Hat....RAKJ patterns

B's Oh You Turkey....Crafting ForChrist Designs


Here is the breakdown of my hat.....536 turkey is the overall hat pattern...I made the adult size but did
add about 11 additional rows to the hat body. On my next one I will add one more row of increase and the 11 additional rows for it will fit just a little looser. I also use an I crochet hook...because I crochet tight.
Perhaps my absolute favorite favorite....the legs and feet! Also used this beak.

Next the feathers came from the wild turkey hat. They are just perfect! 
I loved the 536 feather...but these look a little more for a teen boy...and these
were his favorite. Yes, he actually picked everything out.

When I saw the super fun eyes and waddle of the B's oh you turkey hat, I knew I had found
the perfect inspiration for the face!

All these patterns are fantastic!

hhhmmmm what will I make next?
Happy Creating :)