Halloween Fleece Tote Bags Tutorial- Ice Cream and Cupcake, Pottery Barn style

Here’s the matching bags to go with the Halloween costumes. I guess this isn’t a tutorial- more like alterations to the Soft Basket Tutorial at Michael Miller fabrics.

Basically I made it as the tutorial says, but scalloped the edges of the cuff and sewed on sprinkles before sewing started. Above you can see scallopped cuff, the bottom inside and outside, the outer and inner layers. There should only be one pink strip there- don’t know why I took a picture of two. Weird.

Anyways, I cut out everything like the tutorial said, but I didn’t have any quilted interfacing to give the bags stiffness. So for the bottom I had plastic cross stitch webbing  (it’s about 99 cents a sheet and easily cut with scissors, at Joann’s in the embroidery aisle). 

Then I could have used more of that for the sides, but I hadn’t bought enough. So I used Heat n Bond interfacing to fuse thin flannel together to be in place of the quilted interfacing. Sewed the sprinkles on the cuff, then did just like the tutorial instructs. Oh, and I made a handle out of doubled up fleece and sewed it at the end, so it could be across the top.

 

 

Hooray for all the Halloween candy that will fill these up!

It’s always fun when Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt Holly come, Hooray!

 

Last weekend John’s parents came to visit with John’s sister Holly. Holly is oh so six months pregnant so it was fun to talk about baby and labor stuff and all that jazz. On Saturday we went to a local park to play. While we were there, John’s uncle called to say he was passing through Indy and we should meet up. So to Cracker Barrel we went!

   

We enjoyed shakes while Scott had his dinner. Here’s the two brothers.

 

The next day was all about our newest niece Evelyn. Isn’t she the cutest? We went to their ward, everyone in Indianapolis is beyond excited about the new temple to be built in Carmel.

I pretty much spend all my time at their house looking to take pictures of this cute kid. And he spends the whole time eating. Grandma’s oatmeal sqaures are the best, right lil Man? 

One last shot, of my Lil man and Holly. He’s starting to look a little bit like a Daley I think. Maybe it’s just the cheeks.

   

Hooray for family. Why do they always have to go home so soon?