Swimming Lessons inspired TUTORIAL

Tydon had swimming lessons last month and there were some kids that had cute Towel Bags...

My friend and I thought they were so convenient so we decided to make some for our kids.

Tydon's "girlfriend" had a birthday yesterday and he wanted to make one for her so he picked out the colors and this is what we came up with...

TUTORIAL...

SUPPLIES:

Bath Towel

Hand Towel

Coordinating Thread

Start by laying the hand towel out and decide the depth of your bag. Cut the bottom off {mine was about 11"} Then cut the bottom piece in half, creating two pieces {about 5 1/2 "}

Now you have the pieces for one side of your bag and the 2 straps...

Fold the strap pieces in half and zig zag stitch the two edges together

Then turn them inside out

If you'd like to have an initial on the front of your bag

Cut the letter out  

{I chose a scrap piece from another towel bag, but any fabric would do}

Pin it to the FRONT of your hand towel

and Sew it on 

{I zig zag stitched around the outside of the letter}

**I used aqua thread in my needle and yellow in my bobbin**

Now it's time to attach your straps...

Lay the Hand Towel in the upper Right corner of the Bath Towel

Pin one strap {to the inside/wrong side} to the Hand Towel 

Pin the other strap {making sure they line up}to the back side  

{so it ends up on the inside when it turns into a bag}of the Bath Towel

Sew the straps on

Now you'll lay the Hand Towel in the upper Right corner of the Bath Towel {again}

Pin the Hand Towel to the Bath towel

**Create a reinforcement at the bottom of the Hand Towel by folding the fabric over and pinning it**

Start in the upper Right corner and zig zag stitch around the whole outside of the Hand Towel.

YOU'RE DONE!!

  Fold the towel into itself and you've created a cute Towel Bag :)

GREAT JOB!!

Let me know if you have any questions... I'm new at this whole tutorial thing :)

~Happy Birthday Mikell~

Keeping myself busy...

Gordon has been working late A LOT lately... so what is a girl to do... CRAFT!!

I've started a little business with Gord's niece Lindsey {so excited!!}

We will be launching our blog in the next couple weeks with a fun GIVEAWAY!!

In the meantime I have LOTS to do...

This isn't really part of the business, but it was a fun little distraction for today.

Super easy...

Grab a onesie {this one is 3-6 months}

Heat n Bond paper

Material for the tie

then draw a little tie template

Trace the pieces onto the Heat n Bond paper {I always hold my pieces up to a window}

Then cut around the outside so you don't waste too much material.

Lay your template on the WRONG side of the fabric and iron

Cut out your pieces on the lines you've drawn

Peel off the backing of the Heat n Bond and iron the pieces onto the onesie

{make sure you tuck the tail up under the top piece before ironing}

Then... if you are OCD like me... sew around the outside just to make sure it doesn't go anywhere

{Start in the upper Left hand corner of each piece, then you don't have to stop and start more than twice}

[For an even better tutorial go HERE]

All done!

This is for a little guy attending a wedding in a couple weeks...

Colors: Hot Pink and Zebra {love it!}

Happy 4th Everyone!!