20 July 2011

Got Oats?



Lately I have had the itch to create. I like to have that feeling..I will go for a long time never doing anything crafty, but am so happy when it sparks back up. I have especially wanted to do something with the sewing machine..maybe something besides a pillow?! So I was looking on craftgawker.com and got a bit of inspiration. Now mind you, I have air conditioning going on in just one room in the house and that would be the bedroom. My sewing room (more like a sewing closet) doesn't have much of a breeze but I am thankful that I can stand the heat! Just don't come near me, I can literally call my sewing room a "sweat shop"!

Farmer has a plethora of burlap sacks in the barn so I grabbed one of them...I was very excited to see Lubbock, Texas on it! I made sure my college town would be visible. I washed it (pewwww weeee) and rummaged through the surplus of fabric on the shelves in the sewing room. It's like my own little store. I love the fact that I have everything at my disposal! This did not cost me a dime, just time! And I have lots of that right now!

I cut out all the fabric and figured out each step in the bedroom..and then headed to the sweat shop...errr...sewing room to do a little (a lot) of sewing. I am not very good so there were many times I had to tear the seams apart and start over. It took me a while to figure out how handbags work: Adding fabric to existing because I made it too short, I had to make the strap twice due to my inexprience, and...oh what a mess. It took me two days! I hope the next one will only take me half the time (or less!)




Looks like I'm ready to go feed Shotgun!





I also made some rosettes out of scrap fabric I found in my sewing wastebasket!
They were fun and easy to make too.

3 comments:

  1. LOVE THIS!!!!! Etsy! Etsy! Etsy!

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  2. Very creative! Once you get a pattern down, I bet you could sell these bags/purses at the mall and make a great profit. Especially knowing there is excess inventory of material, is free and is readily availible. Reminds me of a "cotton sack" they used while harvesting cotton by hand back in the day. Maybe you could call it "Shelbie's Harvest Sack Collection"

    Maybe try to sell on Ebay?

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  3. thank you! We'll see if my second attempt will be better, time wise and straight seams wise!

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