Another item has been added to my etsy shop!

I used a vintage curtain that we brought home from Todd's Grandmother's house for this vintage reusable shopping bag.  The curtain lining was also used for the lining in the bag.  This is larger than the typical t-shirt bag, measuring 16 inches wide with a 15 inch tall body and 26 inches total with handles.  Visit my etsy shop for more information and to see other items I have for sale.







 

Anyone who leaves a comment or sends me an email at jylslife@gmail.com will receive a coupon code for free shipping!!!!

Thanks for looking!

Organizational Tools

We had some of the grandkids over yesterday to color Easter Eggs and do an Easter Egg Hunt.  (See my other blog here.)  I always have a bunch of Egg coloring kits because I go to Wal-Mart after Easter and buy the kits for really cheap.  I try to be "thrifty" that way.lol  So I decided instead of just throwing everything back into a white plastic bag, I'd sew some bags so I could tell what was in each one.  I had already done it with Christmas fabric to keep cooking cutters, decorations, etc in it, so decided to do the same with some colored "egg" fabric I had, and while I was at it, why not use some Halloween fabric for the pumpkin carving stuff?  So these are the bags I have now:


I'm lucky enough to have a pretty large pantry, so I put them on the top shelf so they are out of the way.


It will be SO NICE to just grab the Halloween bag when it's time to carve pumpkins again!!!!!!

The tutorial for making the shopping bag is on Craftster and can be found here.  They are very easy to make and I get lots of compliments on mine when I use them to get groceries.  Here is a link to the post with the shopping bags I use - they are the first ones shown.  LOVE THEM!!!!!

I whipped up a few of these last night

They are shopping bags - out of heavy material, so I didn't line them. I used my serger to finish the edges and sew most of them. I did attempt a few button holes on one of them, but I need to practice on them more (or, maybe, read the owners manual to the sewing machine LOL). They are patterned after the WalMart bags.


They hold quite a bit


After I made three of these, there is still a little fabric left. I do like the other shopping bags I've made since they have long handles that I can throw over my shoulder. I may try to make one out of this fabric if I have enough.

Unfortunately, that is all the sewing I've done this week. For some reason I just haven't had any new ideas, although I do have a TON of fabric that I need to use!