Bags of Love

It’s been an interesting week.

Taking the twins out of their cots and putting them into ‘big boy beds’ has led to some ‘interesting’ evenings.

They are now bouncing around the bedroom likes loons for about 3 hours each night.

Jumping on / off beds

Tossing mattresses on the floor

Jumping on the bed slates

Making tents out of duvets

Emptying out their drawers and closets

Whipping off their pants

Flicking their torches on and off

Playing their piano book…..

Whilst it has led to some interesting ‘sleeping positions’ it has left me little time to do any crafting.

I did however manage to grab a spare half hour to make these.

{Bags of Love}

Want to make some, grab the following

Linen / muslin

Lace trim

Stuffing

Bakers twine

Cotton tape

Ink & letter stamps

Sewing machine & bits

From the linen cut 6 rectangles, 6 x 3 inches.

Approximately half an inch from a short edge, pin a piece of lace, and sew in place.

Repeat for all remaining rectangle pieces.

Take 2 rectangle pieces, place them right sides together and pin.

Sew along both long edges and the short edge closest to the lace trim.

Snip corners and turn right side out.

Cut the cotton tape into 3 pieces.

Use the stamps and ink pad to stamp

{I love you xxx}

on to the tape.

Either stitch or use fabric glue to adhere one piece of tape to the front of each sack, trim to size if necessary.

(You could do this before sewing the sacks together)

Fill each sack approximately 2/3rds full with toys stuffing/ dried rice or scraps of fabric.

Bunch up the neck of the sack; tie a piece of bakers twine around the neck.

And now you have some cute little sack decorations, you could add some dried lavender or rose petals to add some scent.

I have a feeling this will be another interesting week, I’m stocking on up coffee to get me through!

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