Martha made us do it…

Betz White had a valentine’s day post that inspired this.

She linked to her piece on Martha Stewart for Heart Felted Scarves.

Glitter Glue Princess saw it and absolutely HAD to have one.  Me, being the generous mom unable to bear the wool, thought “Hey, we could make these out of fleece!”.  So…. Off to Joann we go.

We buy 5 colors of fleece.  I set the kiddo down with the heart template from the site and tell her to cut till she can cut no more.  I lay them out in the prescribed method from the instructions, sewing them down for more stability, and here are the the results:

I did the triple layer sewing rather than the X’s, as I didn’t think the latter was strong enough to withstand kid abuse.

We had enough hearts to make 3 scarves, from the fleece we purchased, and all the cutting the kiddo did.  3 fun scarves for under $10.  Not bad, and it made K, our neighbor, happy too.

M-I-C-K-E-Y…

Yay!  My new purse for our Disney World trip over President’s day weekend is now complete!

I used the messenger bag tutorials on Craftster.com, the same ones as the Glitter Glue Princess’s school bag.

I learned a few things too -

1. When making the bag insert in the middle, make sure you put the pockets on the OUTSIDE of the insert.  This is easy to tell, because the zipper pulls should be there.  (insert headsmack here)
2. NEVER let a fabric store sales person tell you that peltex is the very best option for making purses, and believe her.  I could barely pull this thing through the seam to flip it – peltex is good, but it is much too thick for this.  Oh yeah, I had to add the velcro to hold down the flap due to the peltex.  Otherwise, it just pops right 0pen again.
3. The easiest way to make a key fob in your purse is to use a caribiner hook.

Next, I’m making a pad for the strap so I don’t have problems with friction on my shoulder.  And, after that, glitter glue princess and I are getting all Martha on you and making heart scarves!