Small Sublimated Gifts for Office Staff

 I personalized sublimated zipper pouches for some office staff that were filled with goodies for Office Administration Week. They turned out super cute. I love being able to make something that looks nice in a matter of minutes! 

Vegetable Bag

 I saw a tutorial and had to try my hand at making a cute little vegetable bag. I used heat and bond vinyl covering to protect the bag (after washing and trimming), and quilted it on my longarm before sewing into a zipper pouch. I'd like to get good at this. These are so cute. I've made a couple and would like to try other candy bags as well. 

Americana Plaid Quilt and bags

 I am so in love with this Americana by Lori Holt for Riley Blake fabric. I used the fat quarter bundle to make this gorgeous pattern by Cluck Cluck Sew called Picnic. 

After putting the blocks together, the quilt top is turned diagonally and the corners are trimmed. I only got turned around once while sewing the rows on. 

Here it is after binding. When I bought the fabric bundle, I went ahead and purchased the background fabric as well that coordinated. So cute! I used navy blue binding that I had leftover from another project. 

I had some extra fabric leftover so I made these pouches for iPads, tc. For whatever reason I am still having a really time making perfect makeup pouches. I will get it eventually, but for now these diagonal zippered ones are much easier and pleasant. 

Zippered Pouches

We're back to a busy back-to-school schedule but I did have a little spare time to make these zippered pouches with some leftover fabric from other projects. I got the Hemingway Pouch pattern from Center Street Quilts. They are SO EASY to make and I like using my Sashiko machine for the cute hand-stitching. 

Random Summer Projects

 I've been playing with my new sublimation printer and made these keyrings with canvas ribbon and a picture I took of some flowers from our trip to Ireland a few years ago. I'm still learning and experimenting with technique, and although the printer has been a dream, my Cricut heat press gave out on me the same day I got my printer, and I purchased a bigger heat press from Amazon and it didn't work. It took me nearly a month to get a replacement and by then I've been busy with other things. Having tools not work takes all the fun out of projects for sure! 

I saw these bookmarks on TikTok and wanted to try them out. 

More sublimation. Here are some luggage tags, including a picture of my cute little Elsie Mae. 

Here are some zipper pouches I made with leftover fabric. I just can't get the hang of them for some reason. I don't know if it's because I'm not great at the math, or if I'm just a perfectionist who can't let things go, but I feel like every couple of months I come back to these and I just can't do them right. 

A few more things I made. This bag ended up being way bigger than I thought it would be. First, and probably last, of its kind. 

Fabric Printer Bags

I recently got a fabric printer and decided to try my hand again at making a makeup pouch. This one has a specific purpose in my husband's truck. I can't remember what it is, but he wanted a bag this size that wasn't girly looking (unlike most everything else I make). 

First, I designed the fabric using Adobe Illustrator, and then I printed it out on cotton fabric. It's definitely the best one I've made, and I doubt I'll do so well in the future. 

Both of my sisters are artistic, and my little sister drew this fish and sent me the file so I could play around with my printer. I ended up making her a little zipper pouch as a thanks. 

Also, here is a sublimated car coaster I made with my new sublimation printer. The problem with me sharing a lot of things I make with it is that I do a lot of home photos, which I obviously don't want on the Internet. 

I also made a shirt and a keyring!