Purse Tutorial

I asked my Sister in Law to do a tutorial on her purses.... I am so excited to bring it to you. Thanks for helping us out Shellie!!!

I was really nervous when Anisa asked me to be a guest for a tutorial on my purses. I have been making these little purses for my daughter, they are super easy and super quick to sew, I even made a matching one for me... Instructions: ( All seam stitches 1/4 inch.)

1. I used 2 coordinating fabrics and cut them to the size I wanted. Note: the outside fabric and inside (Bag Lining) fabric are the same size.

2. Take your Front and back of the bag material and sew right sides together around 3 sides leaving the top open. 3. Take your bag lining fabric and sew right sides together around 3 sides: HOWEVER leave a large opening in the bottom of the bag. Somewhere between 6 and 8 inches should be plenty.

4. Flip the outside fabric so the right sides are showing, leave the bag lining with right sides facing each other. It should look something like this...

5. The straps - I cut 2 3" width strips of both fabrics. Note: The width the length depends on how long you want the straps to be on your purse, I measured my daughter.

6. With right sides facing sew down one side of the fabric, while sewing down the other side leave a 4-5" opening to flip the strips so the right side facing out..

7. Once your strap is flipped then iron the strap and sew down both sides to give it a finished look.

8. Sewing your bag together. Pin your straps to the bag, then slip the bag lining over the entire bag and pin the top of the bag together. Here is a good time to make sure your strap is not twisted.

9. Sew around the top of the bag

10. Remember that hole you left in the bottom of the bag, pull the entire bag through the hole.

11. Now Iron the bottom of the bag and sew the hole closed. Push the lining into the bag and...

You are done!!!

Creative Guest on Ucreate!

I am soooo excited!!! I am going to be the Creative Guest on Ucreate !!! I love Ucreate. I always check out this blog when I'm looking for inspiration. I will be doing a tutorial on how to make my picture frames with vinyl images on the glass!

You can see more of my frames here.

If you are interested in purchasing some frames already made, visit my Etsy shop. -Anisa

We love our readers!

We love our readers. And we especially love it when are readers work on crafts and we get to see what they do! Here are a couple that were sent in to us.

Liberty sent us these adorable pillows! They are made out of old button up shirts! How cool is that?

Shellie made these cute Placemat Purses after she saw Angie's post on them. Love them.... and that little girl is adorable too:) Sydney sent us this super cute purse that she made. She found the tutorial here on Lula Louise. I especially love the button on the front! It looks like we had a lot of our reader sewing this month... we've been busy sewing too! Check back later this week for our One Craft 3 Ways... we made aprons!!! And don't forget if you made anything with Seed Beads to send those in... we'd like to post your projects on our blog!

-Anisa

July Product Challenge... Pompoms

We have started a new feature where every month we will give our readers a challenge. It may be a theme, product, pattern, etc. July's challenge was the product challenge of Pompoms. Here is a cute burp cloth that one of our readers sent in for the challenge.

Bonnie said,

"Hi:

My name is Bonnie Gonzalez (Puerto Rico). This weekend searching I found your blog and absolutly love it. This will be my first interaction with any blog.

I saw your product challenge and found it interesting "pom poms". I sent you a picture of a burb cloth I made for my daughter few years ago. I made it very simple with a kitty applique. I hope to see it posted in your blog. It will really make my day.

Thank you and will keep on reading.

Bonnie"

Thanks for sending a picture to us of your cute burp cloth!!! If any of our other readers out there have anything with pomspoms that they've made, we would love to see them!!! Just send them to our email at twiddlethumbs@rocketmail.com or send us a link to your blog.

I made a pillowcase dress for my niece that was trimmed with the pompoms. Love it!!!

Isn't she cute?:) With the extra pompoms, I thought I make a page for my baby T. I love the hot pink pompoms and I don't even think it's too girly for a boy page!!! -Anisa

Great Photography Give-Away!

Our good friend, Kristen Spencer of Kristen Spencer Photography sent us the following heads up:

Kristen Spencer Photography is Utah's Featured Photographer on Give Away Today.

To enter: Follow this link to http://www.giveawaytoday.blogspot.com/ and scroll down to Kristen's. (there are several photographers featured and each from different states)

Photography packages are transferrable so you can enter for any state and if you win, give your prize away to another who lives there.

Kristen also told us that even if you're not a winner, if you book a session with her, you get a free 8x10 for mentioning this give-away. Here is the link to her website, http://www.kristenspencerphotography.com/

You can enter any time from today May 1st through May 3rd. The winner will be announced on May 4th.

Disclaimer: Twiddle-Thumbs.com is not involved in this give-away, we're just passing on valuable information. You cannot enter the contest from this website. You must go to www.giveawaytoday.blogspot.com to enter.

Good Luck Everyone!!!!

Everyday, from here to there, there are crafters everywhere!

We asked and a wonderful few of you responded with photos of some of your favorite or recent hand-made crafts:

First we have two from Shellie:

a door hanger and a pretty Spring wreath. Rachel made this paper-piecing picture after being inspired by this post by Anisa.

and Kristen writes: I have been dying to know how to make these, and you have a way of showing and explaining EVERYTHING that I just "get it" and I get excited!!!

She made these hair accessories after looking at this tutorial by Angie.

We're going to showcase more reader crafts in the future and look forward to seeing your work. Don't forget to take pictures of those hand-made gifts before giving them away!

Also, remember! This Saturday is National Scrapbook Day! Print up some pictures, pull out that gorgeous patterned paper you've been wanting to use and record some memories.

In honor of National Scrapbook Day we'll be doing a lot of scrapbooking posts, ideas, and show-casing! Send us scans or photos of your favorite pages and we'll do another reader post at the end of May (digital scrapbook pages wanted, too!)