Back to School Backpack

I hope your week is off to a great start. Is everyone back in school? The kids here have been in school for a little over a week now. Even though I don’t have young kids, my youngest daughter has gone back to college so things here have calmed down some.

Backpacks are a must for back to school. Even college students need a good bag to carry books, so my daughter worked on adding style to a plain backpack. She went looking for inspiration and found it with Pinterest. She loved the lace on this backpack and knew that she could add different elements to her own backpack.

She took a plain backpack and added a patch and some fringe. The fringe is small single strands, not one big piece. Everything was hand sewn so it did take her several hours to sew the fringe on.

She loves The Beatles and found this cute patch at Micheals.

What would you or your kids put on a backpack?

Happy back to school!

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Appliquéd Burp Cloth

Hope ya'll had a great 4th of July! It was really nice for me to have a day off in the middle of the week. Since it was the middle of the week, our family just stayed at home and enjoyed time together. At dark, we went and watched the fireworks display put on by the city.

I'm still getting ready for a grand-son that should be coming any time now. Since burp cloths are a must, I dressed up some cloth diapers with appliques.

I folded the cloth diapers in third and sewed the ends and sides together. Then, using the Silhouette Cameo, and the silhouette interfacing, I cut out the silhouettes of a truck, dinosaur, and giraffe. I used a simple stitch on the sewing machine to applique the silhouettes on the cloth. I love how they turned out!!

The giraffe is my favorite. I love the fabric with the spots.

The dinosaur is also very cute with the tie dye green fabric.

What would you make with a Silhouette Cameo? Don't have one? I know this great blog that is giving one away! Just visit I {heart} Nap Time and enter to win! Good Luck!

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