Travel Time: Laminated Cotton Garment Bags

 

Look what I found on Pinterest today? A lovely laminate garment bag pattern, that is perfect for summer vacation season!! 

To my pleasent surprise it's from one of my Quilt Market cocktail party buddies. Melissa from 100 Billion Stars made the prettiest garment bags and shared her tutorial with us all. She used Jennifer Paganelli's pretty Sis Boom laminated cotton. The midnight blue fabric is a print called Eloise 

the contrasting print is called Candice. (I can't wait to make one for myself!!)   

Follow my on Pinterest, where I love to spy other great laminated cotton projects! I want to see your pretty pinnings so leave me your Pinterest URL so we can follow each other!! 

Great Idea... A Heart to Hold

Every order of Oilcloth and chalk cloth comes with a few large scraps of oilcloth, here is what our friend Trisha, from Made During Sleepytime. did with her scraps!  How sweet is that?

Speaking of hearts, I have a fun heart-felt tutorial for you in a few days.  Come back and see it soon!

Back to School Tutorial Series --- OIlcloth Portfolio Pattern

Check out this great Oilcloth Portfolio from Flower Girl Designs, complete with lots of pockets. (I like a good pocket!) The handle makes it perfect for the 'on the go' student or momma!  Get Dorinda's PDF pattern from her Etsy shop, while you are there check out the other great patterns as well.

Back to School Tutorial Series --- Oilcloth Lunch Bag

So it is back to school time and everyone wants some fun new way to carry lunch to school, co-op or work. I have the answer for you, Oilcloth Lunch Bags. I just had to share with you three of the cool lunch bags. I thought for 30 seconds about doing my own tutorial but quickly realized how silly that would be. Why reinvent the wheel, right? Now if you don't have time to make you own a good friend of mine makes some killer lunch bags, check out Rick Rack Queen today!

Martha Stewart's Craft Department loves oilcloth about as much as I do! Here is a sweet and simple lunch bag tutorial! You can go solid or mix it up with fun oilcloths.

You can get a single colored lunch bag out of a single 1/2 yard

or grab a 1/2 yard and a fat quarter for the two tone look.

Skip to my Lou has a nice little lunch bag tutorial too!

It only takes two OCA fat quarters for this pattern!

And let's not forget this cool Birch Faux Bois lunch bag found at

one of my favorite design sites, Design Sponge.

All you need for this woodland cutie just needs a 1/2 yard of oilcloth!

great idea, outdoor oilcloth mat

How wonderful is this? I just found this over at the craft:zine. Maya*Made has shown us how to create a fantastic Summer Pavilion. I know my kids would love to make this, and you know I love the oilcloth mat!