Last week Cal finished preschool for the year. We had performances and picnics. I love preschool so much. What's not totally adorable about 3 and 4 year olds singing (it's even adorable when they choose not to sing) the itsy bitsy spider? Cal has 2 teachers. His main teacher is my good friend Karen who has received so MANY of my handmade gifts that I decided to give her a gift card instead. The assistant is new though and she asked Karen to tell me that she wanted something I made- that was really nice since I sometimes wonder if people would just prefer something from the store!
I bought several half yards of Sandi Henderson's secret garden when it came out in the fall. I thought it was pretty but when it arrived I found it too girly for my personal tastes. I kept trying to use it but have ended up just using it as gifts to people I know are more into this look than me. It's lovely but I can't get excited about it for myself. I find it a safe and sweet fabric to make teacher gifts though!
The assistant preschool teacher is very sweet and talks to me a bunch her love of Vera Bradley. I hoped that she would like this quilted cover on the On the Go Organizer since it is kinda like Vera Bradley– right? I just made simple loops which was fun and easy.
The interior is more Secret Garden and I used my favorite duck cloth for the pocket to give some extra weight. This took me less than an hour to make! 
I also made my good friend Anna a 3 Layer Clutch for her birthday. We have been friends since we were 13 and I have neglected her birthday for years since we got out of college and I moved away from Atlanta. She is not really the Vera type so I went a little more funky on the fabric.
The fabric is Soul Blossoms from Amy Butler and I used vintage trim and onasburg for the flap. Hopefully she has gotten her package by today and I am not ruining her surprise here!
Back in march I ordered some beautiful Heather Ross fabric to make another more spring themed 3 layer clutch. I made the clutch but ended up cutting the main outside piece too small. I felt irrated and abandoned the clutch to work on my Bunny where I used up the rest of that adorable fabric. After I finished up Anna's clutch, I looked at that abandoned one from March and felt newly inspired to start in with my seam ripper, make a whole new outside piece, rework the interior (since I had cut all that down to try to fix up the shortened outside piece) and finish up the clutch finally.
Somehow the flap turned out a little short but it worked out nicely since you can see the words on the Snow White fabric.
Then when you open the flap…
Pretty and whimsical but not cutesy. Isn't that what Heather Ross is a genius at creating? Then the wallet opens to look great too and you can see a bit of the 7 dwarfs.
I am so glad I took the time to rip out all those seams and replace those pieces! My next few posts may be about my veggie garden so I wanted to make sure you got your fill of sewing projects with this one! Hope you are having a wonderful spring and enjoying beautiful weather like we are!
