Sew Busy!

Super Simple Sacks 

I hate sewing.  Or maybe I just dont know how to do it right.  Or maybe I just dont have the right tools.  I have a Walmart special cheap little machine.  I never really did any sewing as a child or learned how other than to cut out patterns which were already placed and pinned, then my Grandmas did all the rest of the work.

But I did tons of sewing this weekend and I enjoyed it! I found this super simple sack pattern and it was so easy, I made 2 over the weekend!  My nieces birthday party will be next weekend and I thought it'd be cute to make the bags for them and stuff them with crafting supplies.  The bags are done...the stuffing needs to be done before Saturday.  Arent they just the cutest things??  And seriously, I made 2 over the weekend!  Me!!  It usually takes me a day or two just to sew up a cross stitch ornament that's less than 4 in by 4 in!

Zoe's very own Cthulu

I also managed to finish up the Hello Cthulu into a little wall or door hanging.  I really hope my friend likes it.  It seemed right up her alley.  I love all the bright and girly colors with it too.  This was so fun to put together.  I loved the irony of making Cthulu into something cute and girly.  I hope he doesnt eat me now! :O

I saved this design a few years back, and now the site that used to have it is defunct....so no links for it.

And while I was doing all this sewing and changing out of threads and bobbins, the cats had a field day.  Bobbins are like cat magnets.  Come to think of it, the cutting board is also a cat magnet.  Everytime I turned around there was  a cat on the cutting board!

Anyway, one of the cats would grab a bobbin and then proceed to unwind it around my craft table.  Then I have to rewind it and untangle or cut out the knots.  It's a mess.  So, I was looking for bobbin storage and came across this idea on an old message board.  I dont remember where it is now, but the message was from 2006 or something.  It's so quick and easy and CHEAP!  Now my bobbins dont come unwound now matter how many times the cats knock them off my desk!

49cent cat proofing

All we had to do was go to the hardware store and pick up some 1/2 inch clear tubing and cut into the same width as the bobbins and then make a slice down one side.  Voila!  Bobbin covers that only cost 49cents...for a bunch.  One foot of the tubing was 49cents and so far I have made 6 of the bobbin covers and have only used about 1/3 of the tubing.  Each cover takes about 30 seconds to make.

Sew, there we go.  That's how I spent my 4th of July weekend.  I got so much stuff done, it was amazing!  I love weekends like that.  Hope your weekend was just a wonderful.