Mini Skort to Tote Bag! It Worked! (she: Sarah)

Hi, I’m so nervous and excited to be over here today “guest posting” I’m so very nervous, I hope you like me :) I feel like I’m in the “cool” group now…

So, a little bit about myself, and then I’ll show off what I made yesterday. My name is Sarah, and I’m Joe’s wife for almost 9 sometimes good, sometimes bad years. I have 2 kids Nelson (5) and Grace (4). Before kids, I was a nurse (wrong path) and just recently I discovered my creative side. I love all sorts of crafting, and will eventually try everything, well, most everything. Right now, I have a hard time deciding which craft I want to do, and still remembering to take care of my family. I do want to add, that I am a recovering shopaholic, not the “I love to shop tee, hee”, but the “I hide purchases/credit cards from my husband” shopaholic. Tomorrow on my blog I will have a post about it. I think this is a topic that needs to get out there because there are a lot of people with this addiction, and I would like to save as many people as I can, the pain that I and my husband have gone through…….

I have a little blog, So Cute by Sarah, I just started a few weeks ago, so there isn’t much on there…… but I’m wanting to do a whole bunch. My blog is my way of journaling my journey through my goals for this year, and my life as a woman, a wife a mom and a friend. I have lofty goals for this year and I’m hoping not to fall flat on my face. A few goals for this year are: run a 5K (this is going to be good – um since I don’t run), (( and we are going on a hiking trip this summer: um, I don’t hike either- but I really want to )) )) eat vegetables (I don’t like vegetables) , have more people over, and it would be great if I actually would stop procrastinating and finish decorating my house ( I keep changing my mind), oh and drink LESS Coke. I just can’t give it up, I’ve tried, it’s impossible.

So enough about me and now here is what I made yesterday (Disclaimer – totally not the greatest sewer in the world. )
I had this Mini Skort – why I bought it, who knows, b/c um…. I’ve had two kids, and would definitely not look good in it at all. I decided to make it into a tote bag. I love totes and purses, and I’m getting tired of the ones I have, so it’s time for something one. I do realize this is not a new idea, but it is so cool. I can’t believed it worked! Here are some pictures! Enjoy!

So, here’s the skort…..

I cut off the most of the “shorts” part….. I made this up as I went along, so I played it “safe” with the cutting…. oh and save that material, I used it for the straps…..

so, then I made a 2″ cut out square to make the bottom of the bag.

then I sewed the bottom, and made the box corners for the bottom, I can’t remember what those types of corners are called…….

I took the leftover material I had cut off earlier, kinda made them sorta straight looking ( I wanted something “different” ) for my straps. I “frayed” them in the wash…
well, I was waiting for them to be “frayed” I made this for my son. This shirt had a stain on it…… :) not anymore…… (I hope y’all can tell that’s a guitar- I can’t draw very well -YET)
So, then I sewed on the straps……

made the lining…. this is where I had a few problems…. somehow my lining was too big, so I had to resew/cut a few times….. HELP?

Then add some decorations ! I love flowers… they are helping me think Spring!

At this point, I’m doing the happy dance all over b/c it totally worked ! I can’t wait to use it tomorrow!

So, there you have it. I hope you have enjoyed reading today! Come visit me at So Cute by Sarah.
I’m planning a couple of giveaways, the first one will be next week.
- Sarah
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Comments

  1. Mariel says:
    January 20, 2010 at 3:03 pm

    Very cute idea! You know, my little girls have some adorable corduroy skirts that would make super cute bags for them…and look how easy! They would love it, thanks for the idea and the post :)

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  2. Jessica says:
    January 20, 2010 at 8:18 pm

    My Halle loves purses- this one would be perfect! Thanks for the cute idea!

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  3. The Sohm's says:
    January 20, 2010 at 11:33 pm

    This is awesome what a cute idea! And it seems so easy and simple and thats what I love. I will have to make a beach bag or something!! Thanks for sharing

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  4. Thoris Designs says:
    January 21, 2010 at 10:22 pm

    Great job! And congratulations on kicking a hard habit. I wish you success in keeping on track.

    LOVE the purse. I just got a sewing machine and I’m going to be teaching myself how to sew too. This looks like a great project to add to my “figure-out-how-this-thing-works” list ;) Thanks so much.

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