Secondly, the other thing I bought yesterday was this magnet for my secret santa swap partner. I got it from Dawn at pitter painter. I think my partner lives in Indiana or Illinois or something, so I wanted to give her something from here, and this not only has Seattle on it, but also has the town I teach in listed as well. It is so cool, I really like it a lot. She does great work!!
And speaking of secret santa swaps, here is the rest of the stuff I made for my swap partner:
First, she loves to cook, so I made two aprons. This one is more heavy duty, and has a family tree on the front of it. Her last name and the names of her, her husband, and her kids are on the tree leaves.
This is a hostess apron being modeled by my friend Athena, I saw a pattern in a magazine and kind of made it my own....I like it a lot. If I cooked or wore aprons, I would keep it.
And of course, I made a purse, since that's what I do....this one had to be redone since I made the bottom wrong, but I really liked the way it turned out. The shell is tan moleskin and the lining is plum cotton and pink flowered cotton with gold accents. The pattern is from tinyhappy, although I modified it somewhat.
And here's the green velvet wristlet, which I finally figured out how to put a strap on. I used this cool pattern from one of my favorite handbag designers....I really really liked the way this one turned out.
I hope she likes them!!!
