Placemats for my mom

I made a set of six placemats for my mom! She was browsing through my copy of In Stitches by Amy Butler last time she visited, and she dropped a not-so-subtle hint that she'd like some placemats. Voila! I'll give them to her next time I see her, which will probably be sometime in August. These were easy and not very exciting to make. I'm happy with how they turned out and I think they'll look good in her dining room.

Yoga Bag

This was my first sewing project, which Claire helped me with because I didn't even know how to use the sewing machine yet! This bag goes to and from the yoga studio with me a few times a week. The pattern was free from Amy Butler's website, and the fabric is an Amy Butler design as well.

Oversized Laundry Bag

I hope my friend Amy doesn't find this blog before I give her this laundry bag, because it's her housewarming present! I'm sewing a funky orange apron for her fiance Amy, also as a housewarming present. This pattern is from In Stitches by Amy Butler, a book I've used for many of my first sewing projects. New skill I learned with this bag: button holes!