6 - ID TAGS AND A CLEAR MULTIPURPOSE BAG

These two projects are great for anyone, the Id tag, is perfect for travelers and of course for the children's school bag!

As you may notice I am addicted to the things she makes! Ashley from make it and love it...

http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2009/06/idtags.html

Of course hers are perfect, and made with nicer fabrics, but I think I did a pretty good job, with the little things (fabrics) I have on hand!
I still did not had the time to go look for nice fabrics, I think I will end up buying them online but I am not sure yet, if I really like this idea!

And the CLEAR MULTIPURPOSE BAG, is the best idea to store many things! Shoes, toys, little buttons, candy's, I even did some for my store and I putted souvenirs inside them (of course not with this fabric). I forgot to take a picture of that, but I will, and post here later!
In the beginning was hard to sew on vinyl, but later I putted on the smallest tension of the machine and did it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D7X9R6LUcI&feature=plcp

The tutorial is from Whitney Sews, she makes sewing videos on You Tube, and this one Was very nice explained!

Hope you enjoyed!

Raphaela :)

5- The basic skirt!

Of course from the beginning my girls wanted dresses, and skirts, and anything I could do for them so I tried as my first clothing project this basic skirt.

This tutorial is everywhere, and you don't need a pattern, only your hip measurements, and your waist, and the length  you want the skirt to be.
I followed the tutorial from this web site Ruffles and stuff, as always these web sites are teaching me so many things! And it is very exciting!

 http://www.rufflesandstuff.com/2010/06/ladylike-skirt-tutorial.html#more

Here are the pictures of my happy girls with they're skirt:

 For the oldest she wanted  a bow in the bottom of the skirt, so that's what I did. And the hemming of her's I did a little twist, I folded and hemmed three times, because I had done to long for her at first, and it was actually a nice touch to the skirt! Sometimes the wrong thing happen for the best results!

And the little one wanted a bow for her hair, so I just sewed one and attached to an alligator clip. Her's was right on her size, so I just hemmed normally!

Tha'ts it for the basic skirt, and you can do so many variations colors, and different fabric o those, and they are very easy to make!

Raphaela : )

4- The basic Bag!

For my first sewed project with my sewing machine I did this basic bag, with an cheap fabric, cause I was really afraid of not doing it right, but actually it turned out very nice, and I use it everyday to go to work, cause is light in weight and comfy!

The tutorial I got from this very cool website! THE DIY DISH. COM

http://www.thediydish.com/2010/10/episode-5-how-to-make-the-diy-dish-basic-handbag/

And here how's mine turned out:

Hope you like it, and try it!
It's even good as a beach bag!

Raphaela :)