Snappy Bag/Measuring Tape Bag

These bags are awesome! You can find the tutorial here. I made one for Brandon's cars to keep in our church bag. It's awesome. Then I made a whole bunch more! You can make them any size and can keep all kinds of stuff in them. Chapstick, keys, change, tampons, bobby pins and a comb, sunglasses, sewing stuff, etc.

Christmas Stockings....again

So, last time I made Christmas stockings was before I had Pinterest. The more cute pins I saw of Christmas stockings and the more times we've used our stockings the more I wanted to re-do them. If you know me at all, you know that I research and research and research before I do anything. I want to make sure I've been exposed to all of my options before making a decision. It's so hard being a Type 2.

I found the perfect shaped and sized stocking I wanted. (Find here) Our old ones were just too small to hold anything. I know, I know. The bigger the stocking the more stuff you have to fill it with. Whatever. This turned out being harder than I was expecting. Not because they were hard to make but because of my own doing. At first I felt that the stockings would be too big. So I trimmed them down 1/4 inch. Got them sewn together and it looked weird and they ended up being too small. I'm so dumb. Back to the fabric store. But it ended up working out just fine because after doing the first set I knew more of what I wanted. It's so hard being a Type 2.

So here they are. *12/24/13 I just finished putting the names on. When you're using Heat 'n Bond, make sure you turn the steam off on your iron. I had not been doing that and it was making me so frustrated that it wasn't cutting well on my Cricut. I love how they turned out! It feels like Christmas now!

A few tips:
1. I found that felt worked as a good, cheap batting.
2. I made my accent piece 1.5" wide instead of 2".
3. The inner lining doesn't get turned right side out and was too big to slip inside the stocking. I sewed a 1/2" seam instead of 1/4" and trimmed off the excess.