More from my Crafty Sunday

Toy bags!



I wanted these to store some of F's toys, mostly a bunch that I got at garage sales. I wanted something kind of generically old-timey looking for the wooden ninepins and tops.  I made a few different styles of drawstring bag, all done from scraps on hand.  The two woven-stripe fabrics are scraps from some Victorian shirts I made for my man.



The labels were a pdf download I got here.  I used olive brown text in various fonts (because playing with fonts is fun, no matter what the Good Taste Police say).



I experimented with printer fabric for these. I used June Tailor 'colorfast'* printer fabric sheets (cream color). The images printed very crisp and nice, but the fabric quality is not what I expected. It is so stiff, even after washing, it is almost like paper. Pins made nearly permanent holes, so eyeballed the placement and just held it with my fingers. I could have used glue stick, but I was being lazy. I liked using this for a craft project, but I doubt I would use it in a quilt.

I don't know why I made the "string" label; I didn't end up using it. I wanted to fill up the page to avoid waste and I couldn't think of anything else (and F likes to play with string, when she can get it).  Now I realize I should have made it say "jacks." She doesn't have any, but she will eventually.



Btw, I have no idea what game you play with the wooden rings. Any thoughts?


* It's only colorfast when hand washed in cold water with no soap and dried flat. Or so the label says. In my opinion, if you can't use soap, it's not really colorfast. Next time I will try the non-colorfast ones because they cost about half as much.