Tiny Tote Bags for Christmas Treats

 I have not done any blogging for quite a while. So I thought I'd post a few of the items that I finished recently. Christmas has long past and we have been moving on into 2025; however, I did sew Tiny Tote Bags for my coworkers. 

I will tell that it was a bit of a time-consuming project. The pattern makes 10 tiny totes. I did sew 11 because there was some little squares left from the strip-piecing. 

I'm glad I sewed the extra one because I wanted to keep it for myself. Selfish, I know. But sfter all of my hard work, I wanted to be reminded of it each Christmas. I can hang it on the Christmas tree in future years.  Plus, the fabric is left over from a quilt top that I hope to have quilted and bound for Christmas 2025. The quilt top has been done for  probably 3 years, Deer Christmas fabric

Tiny Tote

Luckily there were 10 coworkers in my office so it made just enough. I filled the tiny tote with candy and added these fanciful "disco balls". John Travolta would be proud. I love his commercial at Christmas where he is the Santa Claus! I believe it is for Capital One.

Lining

A few of my coworkers really liked this. They commented: "it even has a little pocket". 

Linking to Sew & Tell

 

Elvis Poolside Tote

I decided to sew another Poolside Tote because I used my other one a lot for the past 2 Summers. It is a nice size to carry a few towels and other necessary stuff. I've had this Elvis fabric in my stash for a while so I thought it would work for this beach bag.

 I used Annie's Soft n Stable and quilted straight lines so it does stand up on its own.

 I thought it turned out pretty cute.  

The lining was getting on my nerves because it didn't want to sit in the bag well, even though I had trimmed off more at the top to fit. I think the fabric was just too flimsy for this large of a bag. I think I should have interfaced the lining and it would have made it stiffer. It will work fine, though. I am going to tack it a couple places through the seams.

This is the inside slip pocket.

And this is the inside zip pocket. I used these "crowns" for The King.

This Elvis beach bag was on my March One Monthly Goal. And here was my Original Post