Nice gift!

I am going to try to get back to blogging now...I had planned to blog Christmas Eve and it somehow got away from me.  I hope everyone is well at your house and that everyone had a nice Christmas.

Have you got plans for the coming year?

This item will help me finish one task...getting the rest of the leaves up. It is a favorite Christmas gift from our older daughter.

 I had raked up a bunch of the leaves but there is still a scattering of them...some that fell after I raked, and then the ones under the dogwood tree I have not touched.   There is not a lot of them, but still I would like to get them cleaned up. 

But it won't happen today....it is raining and cold. 

Just a bit of info

So you want to know what I consider the right end to put the wrist strap...

Keep in mind this is just me...I don't know if there is really a correct end.  But I want it to be at the end where the pull tab of the zipper is when the bag is closed.

I wanted to show the inside of the bag....

Lorelei collects Schleich horses...so I put them in tissue paper and put them in the bottom. of the bag.  then I stuffed more paper on top of them to help the bag hold its form...

On top I placed one of her favorite kinds of candy.  We usually share them.

Zipped closed.

This one has a few more treats in it.

Now the stuffed sloth has been placed in the Christmas pillowcase, along with these zippered bags...and ribbon/bow has been used to keep it close.
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When she empties them, she can use them for anything she wants.  Maybe she will want to use the bigger zippered pouch to take her deodorant, toothbrush, shampoo when spending the night somewhere.  Or maybe she will want to put her headphones and charger in it...

I want to make one smaller than the gray one to use in my purse.  Maybe even a couple.  I always carry tylenol and usually ibuprofen, and some little items like that.  Wipes for glasses...

Another sewn item...

The zippered bag I made the other day did not serve the purpose I originally planned for it...so I will use it for something else.  I actually have something in mind for it.

 Anyway,  this afternoon I decided to do a different type of zippered bag.  While it was fairly easy to make, I did make one mistake...I got the wrist strap on what I consider the wrong end--TWICE!  The first time I had to rip the seam out was cause I got it in a little crooked.  I didn't notice I had it on the wrong end.  The second time it went in perfect...but was the wrong end.  So I ripped it out one more time and the third time sewing it turned out fine. 

Inside you see the fabric used for the wrist strap.