Great diaper bag & lessons learned.....

I've finished my favorite project ever - an awesome diaper bag for my friend Nancy's daughter-in-law.

It's. Adorable.

Chasity chose her own fabric & the Multi-Tasking Tote design, she has great taste. I love the colors & textures. She picked a design her husband would willingly carry - he's a man's man type and pink just wouldn't fly (I swear he's 8' tall, which is killing me cause I've know him since he was a kid). Here it is....

All snapped up and ready to go!

The sides unsnap for easy access to all the necessities a little princess needs.

And trust me, there's room for everything she'll need, with room left over for big brothers stuff too!

As great as it turned out, it was not without issues. Chasity wanted a monogram, and this bag is perfect for that. I mocked up a couple of designs and I loved the one she picked (told you she had great taste). This is where my Note To Self moment came in - the design doesn't always turn out the way it looks in the mock-up. I had one letter that just wouldn't cooperate, it must have been digitized wrong. The first two letters stitched up great, so feeling way too confident, I lined up the last one, just knowing that it would be perfect. Imagine my surprise as I watched it stitch out sideways!!! 

Yeah......that's supposed to be CML. This is not what I had in mind. It took me forever to get the orientation fixed and then I realized it wasn't sizing up right. No matter what I tried, it wouldn't shrink. Aahhh! So we had to regroup and start over (thank you Chasity for being so gracious). Here's the final result, much better!

The new little princess is ready for her Mommy & Daddy to take her out to meet her public. In style!!

And the lesson learned? Next time do a mock up AND check it on the machine before I commit. And always do a test run! (Thankfully I did this time. All I messed up was a scrap of fabric. Whew!)

Take care!

Carla

New stuff........

Believe it or not, I have managed to sneak in a little sewing this summer.  Not much I'll admit, but some.  Here's what I've made (so far):

I decided to show this totebag first because I knew if I didn't sell it fast I'd keep it!  Well, turns out my friend Kathy loved it too and snatched it up before it made it on the website (thank you Kathy!).  I love the kiwi green, black & white combo.

Here is the twin to the totebag above in yellow, black and gray.  My sister got one of these for her birthday and loves it! This one did make on to the website, so check it out here.

This is a slightly smaller version of my standard tote bag.  It's the perfect size for a laptop tote or an on-the-go diaper bag.  Changing the size was an experiment and for once I'm happy with the way it turned out. :)

I love this cute little purse!  Love the fabric, love the handles..........yes, this is another one I'm trying hard not to keep.  As you can see, I clearly have photography issues, sorry about that.  it really is a cute purse. This is one of a kind, I only had enough fabric to make one of these. :)  This will be on the website soon.

Last but not least, here's a custom totebag I just made.......another one I didn't want to send off (OK fine, I want to keep 99% of them!).  I had to fight myself to put it in the box, I LOVE this one.  I hope she and her new owner are very happy together.  :)

So there you have it, proof that there IS life in my sewing room.  I have more in the works, you'll see them soon!

It's personal! ized

After owning an embroidery machine for.....let's just say way too long, I bit the bullet, locked myself in the studio one weekend and worked on the finer points of machine embroidery.  Now I'm mad at myself because I didn't do it sooner.  So without further ado, here is the first ever personalized item from Carla's Creations. 

My darling daughter was the more-than-willing crash test dummy, she's so easy. :)  I was pretty excited about it too, it turned out better than I expected.  This launched a whole new set of ideas - and I haven't even finished the last set of ideas.  Actually, I haven't even started some of the last ideas.........

Guess that's my cue to turn off the computer and get to work.

Have a great weekend!!

Carla