As I mentioned in my previous post, my son has made a backpack.  He also made a pillow for himself and his sister.  Last year, when he was in 6th grade he had Family Consumer Science (formerly called Home Ec, for older folks, lol)  He loved that class.  They did some cooking and hand sewing.  Unfortunately, it is only for 1 marking period.  He just had this class last marking period for 7th grade.  This time they learned to use the sewing machine.  He already had a head start as last year he made some zipper pouches using my sewing machine.  He sold them and donated the money to the Ronald McDonald's House in nearby Hershey, PA  In his class he made a full size pillow.  He did a fabulous job and made another at home using flannel this time and he even made a pillow for his older sister.  Here are his projects.

Pillow using license plate print

Pillow he made for his sister using NYC print

pillow with flannel fabric

Bags, Bags and More Bags

I will admit that I have an addiction to bags.  I just love them.  I have so many that I don't even count them anymore.😀 I've been using reusable tote bags for grocery shopping for years.  We have a tote bag that we use to go to our local library.  I have some that I use for crochet projects I take on the go.  I don't think you can't walk in any room in our house and not find a tote bag, well maybe in the bathroom.  😅  I also have messenger bags that I use  and some cinch sac backpacks.  My son even made himself a backpack.  Here are some photos of some of the bags I've made, and most are all on Etsy.

Backpack

Backpack

Messenger Bag, flap closed

Messenger Bag(flap open, 3 pen/stylus pockets, front pocket)

Reversible tote bag

reversible tote bag, other side 

Baskets

I really like  making baskets.  There are so useful too.  I have some in the kitchen (stores extra batteries), in my sewing room (holds all of my smaller accessories), with my crochet things (holds my current ball of yarn), kids have them in their rooms as well.  Hannah has some to hold her hair accessories, make-up, nail polish and more).  Here are some that I have listed in my Etsy shop. I like to fold the top down about 2 inches or so to add some contrast.

New Year, New Skills

So, I apologize once again for not keeping this blog updated.  I am still here.  I was pretty busy in December as I had a 12 days of Christmas event that I held in my FB group.  I've had some sells on Esty.  I started an Instagram account as well.  I am easy to find anywhere as everything uses the name CraftScrappy.
I've been learning some new skills both in sewing and in crocheting.  In the sewing world, I've been  making some messenger bags and learned how to do an adjustable strap.  At first I thought it was going to be a daunting task but after watching a youtube video from CraftyGemini, I was finally able to figure it out.  In the crocheting world, I've learned some new stitches.  I've learned Tunisian Crochet.  My favorite is the knit stitch, but there are many others, Simple Stitch, Extended Stitch  Reverse Simple Stitch, Honeycomb, Smock and Full Stitch.  There may be more, but these are the ones I learned.  I made swatches of each so I know what each stich looks likes so I know what I would like a project to look like.  I also learned the C2C, which means Corner 2 Corner.  Instead of working in rows, you start at a corner, and add a square to each row until it is as wide as you want it, then you decrease by one square until you reach the opposite corner that you started from.  This stitch works up quickly.  I've made a shawl and a blanket using this stitch.  I'm now tackling my first graph C2C, which means there is a design in the pattern.
At the end of 2019 I came across Temperature Blankets.  I had no idea what there were, but I am now making one for 2020.  What you do is make a chart using a temperature range (10-19, 20-29, 30-39, etc) and assign each temperature range a color.  Then each day, crochet or knit a row using the color based on that day's temperature.  Now since there are 365 days (this year 366) you will have that many rows.  Therefore a pretty big blanket.  I decided to use a single crochet stich for my rows.  Living in PA I started my color guide at single digits, but thankfully this year, I only had to start in the 20's.  We've had quite a mild winter.  Mainly 30's & 40's even some 50's and 60's!   Grey is 20's, Blue, 30's, Green 40's, Pink 50's and Yellow 60's.

Temperature Afghan in progress

C2C finished block

C2C block in progress