Jazzin' Up the Backpack
While I would have loved to sew my kindergartener a brand new backpack this year, it just wasn't in the cards. Between baby stuff, Kee-ku's foray into potty-training, and just general summer busy-ness, that dream just withered and died.
Fortunately, I don't go gentle into that good night.
I scored a brand new plain backpack off eBay for $8 shipped. I don't know if you have gone backpack shopping lately, but these things are generally not too cheap so I was pretty pleased with myself about this.
Next I fused some Wonder Under onto a piece of the same Folklorico fabric I used for LM's new lunchbox, isolated and cut out a little motif therein, and ironed it onto the backpack.
Originally I was going to fuse a larger piece onto the back underneath that zipper, but since I also was going to need to stitch around it for durability, I went a bit smaller and took it above the zipper line.
It satisfied my inner "I want the two bags to coordinate" without becoming obnoxious. :)
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1. She Loves Her Lunchbox, 2. Folklorico Backpack |
Anyone else staving off character packs with all their might? I know it's only a matter of time before my creative influence wanes so I'm working it while I can . . .

4 Comments:
and just the perfect touch it is!
We do all we can to limit the commercial influence in TroubleMaker's life... So far, so good - and when he does receive something (usually by hand-me-down), he generally has no clue who the character is. I know it will change one day, but today, he's happy with my creations too!
Ah, now this is a level of back to school prep that I could participate in! Ha!
K - I know, right? This was so much more my speed this year. WAY too busy for much else.
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