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Monday, September 17, 2012

Boy bag

Our little boy has been stuffing his church bible bag way to full and so the seams broke the other day.

Of course he wanted a new one to carry all his bibles in (he likes to carry an adult bible version and a childrens bible version and a psalmbook and a notepad and a pen, and if I don't watch it there are cars in the bag too!!

Anyway, a bit of googling the other night for some ideas made me remember this tutorial I saw a while ago.  A scripture bag.   I used opa's (granddad) shirt and an old tie from dad, and I turned it into this!!!

We've kept the old shirt pocket on, and under the tie are the real buttons of opa's shirt still attached!!


You know, he absolutely loves it!!! and his brother wants one too now!!

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Fabric Maze

I came across this lovely idea on Pinterest.   A fabric maze...
 This is my version, with an animal/jungle fabric on the front.  A great idea for fiddly boys!

Monday, September 10, 2012

Iron board

A lovely friend of mine gave me an ironboard which her children had outgrown.  I gave it a lovely recover as the fabric had gotten quite filthy over the many years of use...
 Measuring some fabric
 Removing the iron stand
 check out the dirt..
 Overlocking the edges for a nicer finish.
 Using the electric nail gun to nail it all in place (I am glad we bought an electric nailgun instead of a manual one)
 and voila, a new iron board for my little girl.