Just 3 Things

I'm looking forward to senior night at one of the granddaughter's school tonight. She will be honored as one of the senior band members. Tonight will be the first night of true fall football weather as we are expecting temperatures to dip into the forties overnight.

Lydia and her Sax

- What I've Been Working On -

I finished up another granddaughter set this week. She's also getting a Tote bag constructed from bandanas. These are certainly not the traditional bandanas I think of but I thought the print was cute. They were a bugger to work with, though. They are not American made nor were they 100% cotton. They were rather thin; so, I used iron on interfacing for each and every bandana to give it a bit of substance. 

Granddaughter's Bandana Bags

Once again, I did a little tweaking on the tote bag. I like the size - width - a bit better but I want to make it just a wee bit shorter. It will be good for toting a laptop around, though, when she is off to college next fall. 

The bandanas in this print came in a set of four different color ways. So, I used three of them for this set. The tote features the tan and brown print on the outside and is lined with the black and tan print on the inside. I used the other black and tan print to make a couple of medium bags. One is the boxy pouch shown above. 

The other medium-small sized one is called a Nami Knot design. It starts as a couple of squares and there are a couple of strips added to form the handles that are tied in a knot on top. I'm not sure it is really practical but it is cute and was relatively simple to construct. 

I made a little keychain card pouch and a wristlet key fob to go along with the other pouches. I chose the swirly, swoopy L because I wanted it to look a little bit like Laverne and Shirley. I'm not sure she will even know that reference but it makes me smile!

- What I've Been Watching -

I've been enjoying the new season of network television this week. Several years ago when the Mister was talking to a friend just before dinnertime, his friend said, "Well, I'd better get off of here and go make my nest in my recliner. Tonight I'm going to Chicago. I'll watch Chicago Med and Fire and Police and then shuffle off to bed." We chuckled about that but on Wednesdays for the past couple of weeks I've gone to Chicago for their new season showings. I kind of like how they reference and have guest cast members from one of those programs to the next. It sort of seems more like it really is a connected town.

- What I've Been Loving -

This week I've also been working on some birthday gifts. Part of the gift is personalized cup towels. I love personalizing them. It is such a quick and easy project! I bought a big chunk of dish towels. Then, I just pull one out and stitch something cute on it, press them, tie them up with a colorful piece of twine and it makes for a really cute gift!

Changing out the font for the name really changes up the look a bit and truly makes each one a unique and personalized gift. Plus, who doesn't use a good, absorbent cup towel in the kitchen? When it is decorated and cute, that seems to make the chores of cleaning up the kitchen a bit more pleasant.

I'm thinking that some sort of soup or stew might be on the menu this weekend since fall is truly here for us, what suggestions do you have for that sort of simmering pot?