Snow is Melting - Spring is Coming!

I've committed another DeStashing! 

Full of fun colors and cute detailing this little tote with wallet is here just in time for spring!  I found this group of fat quarters at an unclaimed freight store a few months ago. There were (from what I can remember) about $5 for a bundle of six! It's pretty difficult for me to pass up such an awesome deal like that so I got two bunches. This is the little project that these fun colors were waiting for.

The adorable tote with matching wallet were made from two fat quarters of  coordinating fabric. There is enough left to make another wallet, or as The Tool suggested, a coin purse. I'm just gonna show off the cute finished project. Maybe I'll make a tutorial with the next one I make.

An attempt at an *artsy* photo shoot.

Wallet ready for it's close up:

After I took the photo and loaded I realized I should have put something in the wallet. Silly ME!

Total Cost:  Maybe about $3.00  - two fat quarters at 83cents a piece.

and some fusible interfacing. 

Not too Shabby!

Time Cost: Took about 2 hours. But was also watching a movie and folding laundry.

Multi-tasking at it's best.

And Even though it's Wednesday:

Fabric DeStashing The First - Half Apron

The Tool I have decided that I have too much fabric that is sitting around "waiting" to be used. Most of it is super awesome money saving deals that I have just THE Project for and had to bring it home. Well time to start putting some of this stash to use.

So project by project I will declutter my basement in hopes of someday having a crafting room. That hopefully will be completely organized to my standards and allow my creativity to flow.

Some of these projects will be used at home for me, some will be gifts, and some will probably find their way to my etsy store. Heck- if I can make a little money too- I'm cool with that!

So to kick it off. This fabric has been in my stash since probably Summer 2003. This was the start of it all and it only seemed fitting that my first project come from this buy.  So I present to you a very country kitsch cool apron:

Gonna have to have The Tool work on taking better pics.

 -OR-

I need to get to cropping!!

Total Cost: $UNKNOWN - but probably less than 50cents.

Time Spent: About an hour. Watch a movie with The Tool while multitasking.

Both fabrics were from Walmart probably in the $1.00 / yard pile - as the summer of 2003 I was a poor, college student in transition.

Love this little half apron - think it'll work it's way to etsy.