bit by the bug

this past weekend, i got bit by the sewing bug and boy was it awesome. xander has been rolling over a lot lately and there was a few nights where we found him with an appendage hanging out of the crib. he was not a happy camper. sam so kindly asked that i finish the bedding that i started BEFORE the baby was born so that we could get some use out of it.  so i made a trip to joann's on friday and came home with some plain black ribbon to finish the ties for the crib bumpers, since that was all that i had left to do.

 

friday night, i got on my sewing machine and had the bumpers done in under an hour.

i woke up saturday morning and had this overwhelming urge to sew some more. a few months back, i had bought some fabric to make my own drawstring project bags for my knitting. i had been searching etsy for bags and while i was in love with many of them, i wanted to try my hand at making my own. so i pulled out the fabric and ribbon and got to sewing.

the first one took me about 45 minutes to make. i am a newer sewer and was having some technical machine-induced operator-induced difficulties.

the second bag took me about 30 minutes to make. the third....15 minutes max.










i used the easy drawstring tutorial from purl bee and it is sooooo easy. i had an afghan square swap that i am in with the knitgirllls and i'm thinking that ill send the square with some other goodies in a project bag. they would also make great gift bags for some things that i have coming up.



i have a whole board on pinterest dedicated to sewing inspiration. i think i may have another obsession....

p.s. if you like the idea of having an online bulletin board, just leave your email in the comments section and ill send you an invite.