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feeling crafty....

so a few weeks ago, hubby headed off to the dunes with a group of high school kids. this left me with a free friday night!! woo hoo!!! so i call up dear friend and tell her to come on over. after a rather long undecisive conversation it was finally decided we would get crafty. she'd be bringing her sewing machine and a few patterns for hand made bags!
the kids were playing at grandma's so i stopped by joanne's before i went to pick them up. i was in a bit of a rush which was good because there are some really fun fabrics out there right now. i debated over a few and just grabbed one and left. friend told me one yard....so i got one yard. you'll need to remember that in a few.
i got the kids home and shortly after, dear friend arrived with arctic rush floats from dq. if you haven't had one, you must, seriously! super yummy and well, fat free - just not sugar free! it took me awhile to get the kids settled and the machine out, but friend started cutting her fabric. then it was my turn...remember the 1 yard - well she was off, by about 1/2 a yard...so i had to do some adjusting to the pattern and piece my straps together (but you really can't tell).
finally, we were ready to begin. it had been ages since i had done true sewing. i had made a few blankets lately, but that is just 4 sides and done in a few minutes. this was like real sewing. we were quite giddy as our bags came to life. there was no ripping out of seams - just pure sewing bliss. we felt so domestic and like our mom's would be proud. we talked about our skirts we made in 4h and sewed away.
finally, just before midnight, we were done - well almost, we still needed to sew a button on and hand stitch the opening closed, but well, it was midnight and our eyes were not up for that. so with great joy, we packed up and admired our bags!! i love mine and am so ready to do more...can i just say christmas anyone????

my hand made bag

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