Finished Finally!

Well, I finally finished my Aunt's birthday present-a heat therapy bag. I'm still new to this sewing stuff but I think it turned out great! I made my own pattern and I'm going to post it on Friday. Well enough chit-chat, onward to the pictures! [Be warned, picture overload ahead!!]

The Inner Rice Bag:
The Cover with an Envelope Opening:

The Back of the Cover:

The Front of the Cover:

Size Comparison:

The Pouch I Made to Hold It:

I filled the inner bag with long grain rice that I found at The Dollar Tree I used about one pound. I've tried it in the microwave (It gets hot in about a minute and a half) and the freezer (After about 10 minutes it was cold.) I didn't use any essential oils like I've seen people use on various websites so it has a rice-y smell but it gets the job done!

Feel Better Gifts...

So, my aunt's 40th birthday is this week and lately she's been experiencing a lot of chronic back and hand pain. So I was thinking of making her a rice filled heat therapy bag for her birthday. As well as a soothing eye mask. I'm fiddling with my patterns now. As soon as I get them finalized I'll post them for all to see!

My First Purse!

Well, after weeks of contemplating and pattern searching I finally decided on the 'Butterflies and Fruit Pleated Tote' as my first bag. I made it out of lightweight white corduroy and purple polka dot cotton lining.

Here it is:
The lining:

Overall, I think that white cord probably wasn't the smartest thing to make a purse out of, but I fell in love with the purple and white combo. Next time I make this I'm going to use a heavier weight fabric and interfacing for the handle for extra strength but I think it came out extremely well for a first purse. I still need to perfect my technique and learn how to put in snaps and pockets, but practice makes perfect, right? But, alas, I didn't get to keep it. I gave it to my little sister for her birthday. I'll post some action pictures as soon as I can so you can tell how large it is.

Twilight-y Goodness!

I decided to make my gifts for my secret santa over the holidays and since she's as obsessed with Twilight as I am I decided to use it as a theme. For her final gift I made her a cup cozy. I found this image on photobucket (which I turned into a bookmark for her as well):
And I used it as a template for the cozy. Here it is laid out:

On the cup (Peace sign):

On the cup (Heart):

On the cup (Apple):

The back:

Here's a Jacob-Wolf that I made myself (He was just too cute to give away!):

Here's Jacob-Wolf modeling with the cozy (he's such a camera hog!):

Both Jacob and the cozy were made of the cheapo felt rectangles that you find in the craft store. I doubled up the cozy for insulation, Jacob is just stuffed with poly-fil. I used the Futuregirl! tutorial on how to blanket stitch.

I made a checkbook cover!

So, today I tried my hand at making a checkbook cover. I measured the cover I'm using now and fudged my pattern, which is probably why it turned out nothing like I planned... Anyway, I found this awesome fabric at Joann's and had to make something with it so I decided a checkbook cover would be easy enough (silly me!)

Onward to the pictures...




As you can see, I don't have an upper pocket on the inside so the top flap is a little lighter than I would like. But overall I love it! (and I get to show off my mad GIMP skills with the blurring effect!)

I love the Dollar Tree!

While at the Dollar Tree a couple weeks ago I walked down the baby isle and found these adorable piggy cups.

I wasn't sure what to do with them but of course I had to buy them (piggies are my favorite!!) So I started using them for loose buttons and other notions that were getting lost in my sewing kit. I went back two nights ago and sadly, they were all out of piggies, they had monkeys but I can't mix farm and jungle animals! So I picked up some plain pink cups. They work perfectly for unruly velcro and other small goodies. The Dollar Tree has never failed me yet!

Projects on the way!

I made a couple of things today and I'm about to post them. Just waiting on the camera to download them to the computer...

A little about Hey, Mallory!

So I figure that I should tell you all a little about me and the future of this blog, so here it goes...

If you haven't figured it out yet, I'm Mallory. I'm totally on a craft kick now, so most of these posts will be about things that I've made, want to make, or wish someone would make for me =]. I'm currently into knitting, stenciling t-shirts, mod podging, and sewing (I just got a new sewing machine for christmas!) I have lots of ideas in my head, if only I could get off the computer long enough to put my ideas to use! Please, continue to bear with me and I swear I'll have some projects posted soon!