Tote bags - hope you arent bored of them yet

I am from a family that doesnt believe in wastage. If I go to throw something out I hover over the bin before I drop it thinking "what would my mum think if she knew I was throwing this out" and "do I really need to throw this out or can I use it".

When at my sisters (most productive week of my life) I put together 4 patchwork blanket tops and for some of them I miscalulated what I needed to cut leaving me with a few squares left over so I utilised them by stitching them together with the idea that I would sew it on as a band onto a tote bag.

These will also give you a taster as to the blankets I made, which I backed yesterday so they are now all finished. Woohoo. I will blog about them later on in the week when I get some pictures of them.




And some Curious George:





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New on Folksy

Hi all,

Just to let you know I have now listed the Time for Tea tote bags and the Kids Animals in Cars tote bag on Folksy.

Domestic Kat Designs on Folksy

Dont I just have the best nephews....

How cute are they? Very cute I hear you say and Id quite agree. You have already been party to the gorgeousness of my youngest nephew Kieran and my neice Emily Jane so now its time to showcase the other 3. THis is the reason Ive been quite quiet lately. I have been making kids size tshirts with one of the Glasgow Tigers logos. 15 of them I made!

I got some white tshirts from Tesco and my mum had this beautiful orange fabric that was just the right colour that she had cut for a pattern to make bermuda shorts. We have no idea who she cut the shorts for or when!

I took the logo from our helmet decal and scaled it up and down to make it proportional to each size of tee. I have made these in sizes 3/4, 5/6 (gone already), 6/7, 7/8, 10-11 and 12-13 and they will be going up in the Tigers Fundraising shop tomorrow.

And this is what happened when I said goodbye to my nephews...



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More Tote Bags

I made some more tote bags when at my sisters. This time I had about a metre of fabric with some cute animals in cars on them. Id had it for about 2 years and Id never used it because I felt the pattern was too big to make into a notebook cover or a quilt.

When I moved back into my mums house I went through all my fabric as I was putting it away so I would have a photographic memoir of what I had. I came across this fabric and straight away decided I was using it on tote bags.

These 3 all have the same image on the front as on the back:

Elephant:


Giraffe:


Cat:


Then there are 2 bags which have different images on each side:

Bear/rabbit:



Cat/ Giraffe:



These bags along with the other tote bags will be going up in my Folksy shop very shortly.

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My beads arrived!

OOOOOHHHHH the beads I ordered just arrived. Check back in about a week and a half to find out what these beauties are going to be made into.