I saw this tutorial for Valentine's Day bags:
http://ourscoop.blogspot.com/2009/01/valentine-chair-backers.html
I loved the idea of creating bags for the kiddos that they can use year after year--for mail, a special treat, a book...whatever we decide to put into them. Our chairs don't have slats in them, so I changed the pattern a bit. I added elastic to go around the chair instead of slats. I also did mine with 2 layers of felt. The tutorial called for felt on the outside and cotton/interfacing on the inside. With 2 layers of felt it didn't need to be interfaced. I did the ric rac one with red felt on the inside, and the ruffle one with white on the inside. I used felt since I had tons left over from advent calendar making. The tutorial was easy to follow. I love the way they turned out, and Andy seems to as well!
I made this dress for Kayla. Isn't funny how mistakes turn into greatness? I had planned to do the whole thing blue, but cut my strips of fabric wrong so had to piece some together. The craft night girls came through and we came up with the red stripe. Same with the straps. I drew my bodice pattern but didn't have long enough straps once I turned it right side out. Oops! So--in went some red straps. I LOVE the way it turned out! Thanks for your help girls.
