Sewing—finally!

I picked up this little tote (sans strawberry) for $1 at Target a few months ago. If you can't tell from the photo, it's about six inches tall—just the right size for Little Omi to carry around. Looking at the blank bag, I just knew it had to have a big strawberry appliquéd onto it. Weeks went by, and I finally picked up the fabric for the strawberry. More time passed, and I bought some fusible web material. Then I had to go back to the fabric store to buy matching thread (does anybody else forget to buy thread as often as I do?). Finally yesterday, while I was doing an obscene amount of laundry, I remembered to toss the fabric in the wash to prepare it for the appliqué. I got lucky today and my dear mother came over and played with Little Omi while I furiously cut, ironed, and stitched. The original lining for the bag had to be removed (and, subsequently, the handles) so that I could add the appliqué, so as long as I had taken it out I figured I might as well make a new lining out of matching fabric. The big payoff came when the bag was presented to Little Omi for inspection and she immediately smiled and pointed to the strawberry.

When I began this blog, I wrote that it would be "another crafty mommy blog." It seems like I've been long on the mommy and short on the crafty lately. Here's hoping I get up to some more crafty soon.