Crazy Oilcloth Rag Rug!

Let me preface this post with this disclaimer!  I am crazy busy with Modern June and a bit loopy for it.  I'm not complaining about the mountain  of orders both retail and wholesale -- especially this day and age -- I am just very tired.  On Saturday I as I was cutting down 98 oilcloth placemats to size I couldn't help but see a project in the scraps on the floor.  So I started a rag rug.  I know it is goofy, right?

I think this would be great by the back door, out on the porch.  Totally weather-proof, and I feel better about my local land fill!  For directions Check out this list of links on Craft Gossip!   Now that I see how it is really done I will start over, my first attempt is so messy!

If you want to join me in Crazy-Rag-Rug-Land I am sure I can hook you up with some stripy scraps!

Show and Tell - Sugarpacs Diaper Bag

All the other new mommies with be so jealous when they see Colleen's, from Sugarpac, new diaper bag!

I love the Black Paradise Lace with the plum, genius and gorgeous!

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!