Bears! Oh my!

As mentioned in my previous post, our church is having a craft sale / bazaar next month.  One of the requirements of each vendor is that they donate an item valued at $10 or more for the silent auction.  These proceeds will go directly to our church for events such as our Fall/Halloween festival (games, crafts, candy, and hotdogs - no charge to participants) and other similar family events throughout the year.

I just finished my items.

Basket, bib, burp cloth ... with bears!  Oh my!  

Sewing room is still a wreck and I have to look and dig for every single item I need (I even had to buy new rulers, I have absolutely. no. idea. where my rulers went during the move) but I am sewing and that's a good thing.  I won't be making anything big (quilts) for a while, but I hope to make some placemats and mug rugs, both for the craft fair and for my own use this year.  

Stay tuned.  I'm slowly getting back in the swing of things!  

Linking up with Confessions of a Fabric Addict today.

Team Spirit

I've sort of been on a basket making trend lately. 

And college football is a big deal around here.  

And the Alabama/Auburn rivalry is an even bigger deal.

So with that in mind, I made 'Team Spirit' Baskets:

ROLL TIDE!

And for all y'all on the 'other side':

Both of these, along with some baby baskets are available in my Etsy Shop.

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Baskets ...

Tried out something new this week.  I've seen several versions of them here and there so I put a couple of them together to see what would happen.

The first one I actually cut a little too tall (I didn't use a pattern or specific tutorial, just started cutting!) so I left off the handles and turned down the top.  I like it, but I really wanted one with handles for a gift for a co-worker's daughter, so I whipped up another one, slightly smaller overall, definitely shorter, and added handles.  I really liked the way it turned out. 

The exterior is flannel, the lining is lightweight cotton, and the 'batting' is felt.

This is the one I gifted:

 

And I added a couple of little 'accessories':

 

 

This is the first one I made:

 

It is available in my Etsy shop.

 

I plan to make a couple more of these (got a great deal on the fabric so I bought extra) with a pale green lining so it can be used for boys or for gifts when the gender is not known ahead of time.

Now it's time to get back to working on the Gabster's birthday quilt!

Linking up with Lee @ Freshly Pieced and getting my Whoop on with Sarah, and Finishing it up with Richard and Tanya!

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