Category — Bags

I have been quiet lately, mostly due to preparations for Zoe’s 5th birthday party.  We had 11 girls here to a fairy party, and although I questioned my sanity many a time for being overly ambitious with the plans, the party was a great success.  Phew!

My first priority in preparing for 11 children and 11 adults coming to our house was of course to make 8 metres of bunting to decorate the room.  Crazy – yes.  But pretty – no?

Then I made 11 bags for the party girls to put their treasure in:

And 11 wands for them to decorate:

And 11 sets of flowers for their hair:

Then there were decorations for the wands:

(finished product!)

Food for the fairies:

And a cake…made by my mum – her best yet!!

Some fairies enjoying their food:

And last but not least – the five year old fairy herself!

Happy birthday gorgeous girl!

One ballet bag for this ballerina:

And one ballet bag for this one:

Oh how he melts my heart!

This was the note that was carefully stuck on my sewing room door just before school started:

And as a dutiful mother (who may or may not have stayed up until 1am on the night before library day) here is the bag as promised. I made it from a tea-towel I bought in Venice (you should have seen hubbies face when I was buying it! ).

Now that the boy and the girl both have library bags I can move onto something more fun – like that Japanese pattern book that arrived last week

Zoe loves me making things for her, but she is often frustrated by my choice of fabric. While I try to keep things pretty and often add splash of pink, Zoe has explained to me carefully that there needs to be more pink. Pink on white, she explains, is ok, but what she really likes is pink on pink.

Recently Zoe needed a library bag and a rest bag for kinder and after sending her last year with a cot sheet stuffed in a pillowcase I was told that this year she would like one like all the other kids thanks. I was happy to buy her one, but asked if she would like me to make one – and I promised it would be very pink. Zoe agreed.

So here are the very pink creations – Zoe is very pleased with her bags (although the green ric-rac did cause some angst!).

Why should the girls have all the fun? Tina from Purple Happy Tree asked if I would make a bag for her son’s 4th birthday and I had a heap of fun choosing some fabric that wasn’t pink for a change. I also made a bag for my Hamish with the same robot fabric.

This one was for Hamish:

And this one for Hunter:

I also made them both a matching pencil roll:

Here is Hunter showing off his goodies. What a cutie!

I was so thrilled with the little bag I made for Zoe’s friend for her birthday I sewed up a few more for Zoe and her cousins.

Have a look at the fancy stitching I did on the strap of this one! I have to thank my little man for encouraging me to try the decorative stitches on my new sewing machine.

Here are the girls modelling their bags:

Zoe has used her bag a couple of times since I made it -once when we went out to dinner, and once at a concert in the city. Both times she has packed it up with goodies to keep her amused which is just what I intended it to be used for. As an aside -check out how well it matches her PMP Pants!

Miss Zoe was invited to her kinder friend’s 4th birthday party on the weekend, and I grabbed the chance to finally sew something out of all the gorgeous fabric I recently received from the US. This little bag is just big enough to fit office paper or a colouring book, and is packed ready with a crayon roll and cute “Very Hungry Caterpillar” colouring book ready to grab on the way out to dinner or a meeting to keep a little one entertained.

Here’s my little lady all dressed up for the party and modelling the gift!

I am so pleased with how this one turned out I plan to make several more. I just need to finish another project that is taking way longer than I expected….