Showing posts with label kids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kids. Show all posts

Reusable Lunch Bag.


These reusable lunch bags are really cute and will save you money in the long haul. Plus, they're really easy to make! They're made with oil cloth, so they're also water resistant.

Supplies:

  • oil cloth
  • thread
  • pinking shears (optional - you could just sew a traditional double fold hem to prevent raveling)

Girly Dress.




JCasa Handmade also has an amazingly cute tutorial for a girly dress on her site (just click on the link and download the .pdf file). The tutorial is amazingly thorough and has 20 full color images to help you create your own girly dress. The pattern is created for an infant, but you could enlarge it in order to fit a toddler or child.

Supplies:

  • 1/2 yd. bodice (main top) fabric
  • custom pattern pieces (made by you—great job!)
  • 1/2 yd. facing (top lining) fabric
  • 1 yd. decorative trim such as eyelet, rickrack, piping
  • 1/2 yd. skirt (bottom) fabric
  • 2 buttons (or snaps)

Wall Pocket Tidy Tote.

If there's one thing you'll learn about me as a result of this blog, you'll find out that I'm particularly obsessed with tutorials for two things: a) babies/kids and b) big bags.


Here, my two obsessions have collided! JCasa Handmade has a great tutorial for a Wall Pocket Tidy Tote (click the link then download the .pdf file) created for kids to carry all of their things around the house so they don't make a mess. When they're not using it, it can hang on door knobs for storage. Hang some on door knobs through out the house to encourage your kids to clean up. I think it would also make an awesome tote for picking books at the library. You could also use it to store all those plastic bags that you get from the grocery store.

Supplies:

  • 1/2 yard of exterior fabric
  • 1/2 yard of lining fabric
  • 1/2 yard heavyweight fusible interfacing
  • scrap fabrics to create the patchwork pocket
  • 1/3 yard of 1” wide cotton webbing (or you could just make your own straps from the fabric and interfacing)

Ruffle Skirt.


Extremely adorable ruffle skirt tutorial for a young girl from Grand Revival Designs. It's written for a size 5/6 girl, but you could easily change the measurements to make it in any size. I don't even have a kid, but I might make some of these anyway and give them away the next little girl I see.

Supplies:

  • 2 contrasting fabrics
  • thread
  • 3/4" elastic