Friday, June 15, 2012

Thank You Teachers!

I might have been a tad ambitious with my teacher gifts this year.  Shocking, right!  This year I decided to make tote bags which wouldn't have been so bad except I needed to make 4 of them. 

I volunteer in the school library so I had planned to make our fabulous librarian a bookshelf wall hanging but when I saw this amazing idea I knew what I was going to do for my teacher gifts...

I started with this one using some leftover Punctuation scraps from the Family Traditions quilt I made with Dexter's class last year.

As I was digging through my scrap bin I found some Dr. Seuss fabric leftover from my valance and realized it would be perfect!!! I call them Bag 1 and Bag 2:-)  The "bookshelves" are quilted panels that I sewed on as pockets. 

Dex even helped out by fussy cutting all the book titles for me. 

After 3 bookshelf totes I was a little over these and I'd run out of black so I decided to switch gears for my final bag.  This teacher had loved the Amy Butler Love Roses on the back of my Chain Reaction quilt and I had some leftover so I used this fabulous Market Tote tutorial by Bijou Lovely.  I wish I'd read this before I made all my other bags!  I love the way her technique for using a double layer on the bottom makes these bags stand up.  I will definitely be doing this for all my bags in the future...  I hate floppy bags!  These were a great stash buster and I'll definitely be making some more... just not any time soon;-)

7 comments:

  1. These turned out too cute! Love them!

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  2. Gorgeous bags. I especially love the books ones. Very cute.

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  3. What a great idea and they turned out great. Perfect teacher gifts.

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  4. Those bags are super cute! How perfect for teachers, and great that your son was involved in making them!

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  5. Cute bags and what great gifts.

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  6. You have been busy. They're all great. Love the idea of the Dr Seuss books

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