Goody Bags

Well I decided to use up some of my fabric stash and make the goody bags for my 9 year old's birthday party this year. I wanted to do something different and I didn't want to give the kids just junk.

I found this pattern:
http://mylittlemochi.typepad.com/my_little_mochi/2005/05/origami_pocket_.html
And thought I'd give it a try. The bag ended up being too small but it was cute:





So I made them using a 16X16 inch square in stead of the 12X12 the pattern called for. The finished product is about 7 inches wide with this size.

I also made tissue holders and tic tac toe games and small drawstring bags to house them and the pieces. Then I stuffed them with left over party stuffers I have from years past. All I bought to finish these bags were ribbon, game pieces, tissue packets (all 3 of these from the dollar store) and some smarties candy. I ended up making 17 of them.

More Gift Bags

I've been working on different patterns for gift bags. I don't want just plain rectangle bags. I want pretty bags that I'm happy to use year to year. Here are my latest bags.....

Ornament Shaped bags:
The first bag I made is the one on the bottom. I used hook and loop tape for the closure on it. The top bag was made with drawstrings and was the second bag I made.



I'm still tweaking the pattern. Here they are with the drawstring closed and the other open so you can see the hook and loop.



Here is another using the same pattern after I tweaked the stripe part of the pattern:




Here is the second ornament pattern I've come up with so far:




I like the way they have turned out so far. I'm still tweaking the pattern. I'm actually thinking of writing up this pattern to sell but we will see if I get around to it.

And last but not least are the other snowmen bags that I finished.