So I have been sewing a lot...If fact I have made four bags, two bibs, one pair of baby slippers, and now am embarking on a simple dress for myself. I think I am obsessed now that I have actually made something that looks half way decent and is seemingly usable. Not only that but I just received two garbage bags of material. So I have a lot of material to work with!

It is so strange to think about this because honestly as a kid growing up I did not take a liking to the sewing thing. My mom has always been a sewer ever since I can remember. She made us doll clothes, Barbie clothes (our Ken doll had five different pairs of parachute pants), hair bands and countless denim jumpers with oh so many buttons. I do remember sewing different little projects through the years, in fact I even took sewing in 4-H one year. My mom was the leader. I made a full sized quilt when I was eleven for my bed. I completed it in two days. I don't think I have really sewed since then. In my late teen years I found out that having my personal seamstress was actually quite nice. So again my mother took on the roll of making trendy dresses, stylish purses and the rest. If I needed a skrit taken in or didn't like the puffiness of a dress, whala, she would have it done when I needed it. 

Sewing has always been a part of my life. My mom's enjoyment for sewing homemade goods for her family I didn't really appreciate until now. With my own family the simple enjoyment of making a bib for my son or a new dress is strangely satisfying. I am so thankful for her love of sewing and her family and am glad that I can now use the bits and pieces that she has taught me through the years.   
 
I found the pattern for the little bag hereand for the larger brown bag here.