My daughter was in private school from preschool – 7th grade.  She always had to wear a uniform.  I loved her in uniforms. I love the idea of uniforms. My daughter, not so much.  Well, she grew quickly and we often had to invest in more uniforms.  In 4th grade she was a cheerleader.  I decided to use her old uniforms and make her a “RAH RAH Bag” to hold her pom poms, water bottle, etc. I ripped the strap and zipper out of an old promo bag that was never used. The blue fabric is a pair of her old uniform pants for school. The red tartan is from one of her old school jumpers. Since I had to rip seams before I could sew them…it took me forever. I went really slow, because this was a huge project for me at the time.  I had never done anything like this before.  There was a little zipper in the back of the jumper. Instead of ripping it out, I cut a rectangle around it and made the little pouch to go in the pocket of her bag. Didn’t have to put the zipper in, it was already done for me. I used a diaper bag pattern. McCall’s 4403

Below is my 1st TLG! I made it out of my daughter’s old school uniforms. The navy blue is out of 2 pairs of pants and the tartan is an old jumper. The red is just some fabric I had in my small stash. It was for my daughter’s Teacher as a Teacher Appreciation gift. There is also a picture of my bag after it’s final stitch. You’ll see there is only a couple of inches of my thread left. Now that’s good timing!

Here is a picture of the fire that was happening about a block away of my home while I was trying to sew this TLG bag.

I made this bag for her 4th grade teacher’s assistant. This is a Smoon Pattern. Oh…BTW…on the straps I used my machines built-in stitches and stitched her name over and over again instead of straight lines on the straps. Took forever.

This is a SMOON Headband. I used material from my DD’s old uniform dress for one side and worn out uniform pants for the other side. I embroidered an eagle on the blue. It closely resembles their school mascot logo. I bought the eagle on-line from…I think…ebroiderydesigns.com. I’m glad I put that $35.00 dress to good use.

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Okay, so this is an old project, but I wanted to show you anyway.  :)  These are some chapstick holders that were done entirely in the hoop!  Head on over to Reen’s site at Embroidery Garden!  She has great designs.  Totally practical and fun to do! Don’t ya just love that fringe flower on the flip-flop?  Me too!

I have begun.  There are no BEFORE pictures yet.  But, I have begun my Craft Room Makeover.  Stay tuned and follow along.  So far, I have picked the scheme… dun da da dun!!!!!…  It will be Black, White, and Bubble Gum Pink. There you have it.  I bought 2 desk chairs at the Sacramento County Sale.  They were $2 EACH!!!  That is NOT a typo.  I can’t wait to re-cover one of them like the one I did for my Office Cubicle Makeover to go in my Craft Room.  Doin’ the Happy Dance.

I’m trying to add a “follow me” thing for those of you with google accounts and/or blogger accounts.  It looks a bit wonky still.  Will work on it again tomorrow.  :D

I made this apron for my brother for his birthday a few years ago. Actually, I didn’t make the apron. I just added the embroidery. Thanks for looking.

I’m very proud of this project.  Typically I get ideas from other crafters, magazines, shopping, etc.  But I actually thought of this project all by myself!  :D Yay me!  My little nephew was having his 4th birthday and he loves LEGOS.  I was picturing in my mind him playing with his legos and thought, “he needs to have his own little table”.  Not one of those big play tables or anything, but something that could be put away when not in use.  Then, I saw this:

I went to Toys R Us and got 3 of these. They were 10″ x 10 ” and the table was 19 3/4″ x 12.  The cashier was so sweet to find someone in back to bring up a measuring tape since the size wasn’t written on the package.  To get them to fit, I used my Exacto Knife and Straight Edge and just scored it on both sides of the mat until it broke off.  One of the edges was a bit wonky so I used my Medium Grit Sanding Block and sanded it a tad.  Perfect!

I spray painted the table with black spray paint.

And while I was out there with the drop cloth and paint, I went ahead and painted this picture frame from my garage sale hunting yesterday.  :)

After the table was dry, I glued the Lego mats on using E6000.  Love that stuff, despite the smell.

I sewed the little pouches to hold some of his legos while he plays.  I just cut out 8″ x 8″ squares, embroidered his name using Silver thread, and lined them.  I attached a 6″ piece of velcro to the bag and then glued the other side to the side of the table.  Once again, using my E6000.

Yesterday I bought a Cricut Expression!!  Whoo Hoo!  I made a stencil with his name and used that to paint his name on the front.  Don’t even ask me how I did that.  It was a mess, a pain, sloppy… I think using contact paper for the stencil would have been a much better choice.

Well that’s it!  His mom loved it.  Sometimes, that’s all that matters.
I almost forgot to mention:  I purchased him this box of Lego Bionics or whatever they were called.  And, after gluing the mats to the top, I needed some legos to make sure they were lined up properly.  So I actually opened the can of legos that I bought him and realized that these things don’t even look like legos.  They snap together and stuff, but they didn’t help me.  I ended up just “eye-balling” them and taping them so they wouldn’t move when the glue expanded.  Also put 2 of my daughter’s textbooks on the top while it dried overnight.

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