Adjusting a shirt collar

I found this great tutorial on how to adjust a shirt collar through We Did it Wednesday last week.  At first, I just thought, that's cool.  Then, as I pulled my shirt collar away from my throat for the umpteenth time that day, I realized, wait a minute...

Here are some pics of what I did.  You can get the original instructions here.

Thanks Elise!

Adding snaps to a tote bag - so it stays folded

We can also use snaps to keep a bag neatly folded while it's not in use.

The first thing to do is fold the bag so we can figure out where to put the snaps.  I'm sure there's more than one way to do this but for this particular bag, I folded the straps on one side of the bag, folded the bag into thirds, folded the top and bottom so they meet in the centre and then folded the whole thing in half.

Adding snaps to a tote bag - so it closes

I like to keep my card making supplies in this tote bag.  This way, I have everything together and ready to go when I need a quick and easy activity for Girl Guides or day camp.  As a storage solution, though, it's not ideal.  Sometimes the bag will fall over in my closet and the contents will spill out and, overall, it just looks a little untidy, especially with the straps hanging out.

Adding belt loops to pants

I really like these pants (thanks Aysha!). Having just recently bought the belt I need to keep them up, I noticed that these pants are sorely lacking in belt loops (aside from that one in the centre back, there are only two more in the front). So, I decided to do a little transplant...

Patchwork ball

I found this project in Rashida Coleman-Hale's book, I Love Patchwork.  It's an icosidodecahedron made using English paper piecing.  You can also call it a patchwork ball.

Half a patchwork ball

It's not done yet...but I couldn't wait to share! 

       

Toronto Sunset

Again, this has nothing to do with sewing but we had such a spectacular sunset this evening that I just had to share.  Enjoy!

This was just after sunset, a little after 8pm...

    

And then 10 minutes later...

Tote bag with drawstring closure

It makes a nice gift bag.   As for its construction, it's like making the simple recycled pillow case tote bag with squared off corners and then attaching a drawstring closure like the one on this yoga bag and this one.