This is a happy fabric, isn’t it?
Bright & cheery!
I found it in the fabric remnants section and it was definitely calling my name. I don’t know how else to explain it…
I pondered what to do with the fabric…here I am pondering away:
It was a labor and sweat-intensive ponder.
Enter Ashley from Make It and Love it. I love her site and if you haven’t ever checked it out, you should – especially her Tutorials page. Awesomesauce.
Anyway, I was looking at her page and found this lovely little grocery bag holder tutorial. Now that is something I could use in my life.
I set to work.
First I cut my fabric in strips:
then I sewed the strips together:
Flipped the material over and ironed the strips flat:
and then followed Ashley’s instructions for adding elastic and all the finishing hems. This is how I worked the majority of the time:
See – isn’t that sweet? I have the tutorial pulled up on my computer because I have no clue what I’m doing.
Now, I must confess – I didn’t follow Ashley’s measurements for the strips of fabric. Because of that, my bag looks slightly funny. haha – this is how most of my projects turn out and yet I still have not stopped sewing. You might say I was born with a needle in my hand. Sounds nice, but the end of the story is that I promptly stuck myself with said needle.
It’s a good thing I don’t write children’s stories.
Anyway, here’s my finished bag:
As you can see, I took this pic before I made curtains for my open cabinets. The bag actually resides inside that long cabinet to the right of the open cabinets. Here she is in her home:
Oh, and in an attempt to redeem myself, the top part only looks uneven because it’s not completely full of bags. (Although I wouldn’t necessarily put it past myself to sew something lumpy looking like that.)
And that, my friends, is my little bit o’ happiness residing in my kitchen. It sure beats having bags flying around the kitchen.
Stay tuned – I have a fabulous dessert recipe to share with you on Wednesday. I don’t recommend looking at the pics if you are trying to lose weight. But really, who does that anymore?
~Christa