Wrapping it up

Happy New Year! Been a little under the weather between Christmas and New Year, but feeling better now. Thank God, I’ve got lots of sewing to do. I did finish up my Christmas presents and took a few pics to show. I made a fun little art tote for my great nice Alexa. There are lots of these around, from crayon rolls to little tote bags, this is my version. It has a pocket for a pad of paper and slots for the crayons.

I created a pocket on the side for odds and ends.

When it’s closed, it looks like a tote.

Alexa loves it. She’s been carrying it around with her everywhere they have gone, over the holidays. More importantly her mom, Erica, loves it cause it keeps Alexa busy on the road. Actually I needed to make the tote just a bit larger, enough to fit a standard sized coloring book. I think I made it 9” square, or so. Trying to make it small enough for a three year old to carry and large enough to fit stuff is difficult. Erica also mentioned that she would have liked it to have some kind of a closure. Anyway, I will work out these little changes and it will likely wind up as an embroidery club project.
I also made a couple of these neck warmers. You just slip them over the head and scrunch up to keep your neck warm. You can also pull it up over your ears. Soo easy to make. It’s just a strip sewn into a tube with a hem at both ends. A serger makes it neat, but since fleece does not fray a sewing machine works just as well.