handmade gifts

I wanted to make several gifts by hand for Christmas. I didn't do as many as I would like, but I was glad to be able to give a few things that I made. A while back, I had found a tutorial for a Rice Heat Therapy Bag over at the Sew, Mama, Sew! Blog. I decided that I would like to make one of these for Ginger (my mother-in-law). It went so well that I decided to also make one for Nathan's teacher, Mrs. Kushinka, and our neighbors, The Crenshaws.




I've been wanting to make a bag/purse for a long time, so when the theme of "What was great in 2008" came up for the extended Moseley present swap, I decide that it was a good opportunity - since I've been enjoying sewing and such this year. I used another tutorial for this project - I love free patterns! This was was found over at oh fransson and is called the Margaret Sling Bag. It took me a little while to finish, but I did enjoy making it. I just may try my hand at another bag/purse soon.


Caroline has really been into little bags when we're looking around at the stores, so I had planned to get her one for Christmas. The more I looked, though, the more I thought "I can just make one." So, that's what I did. This one didn't use a pattern. As you can see, it's very simple. This has become the diaper bag of sorts for Caroline's baby doll bottles.