{"id":35418,"date":"2016-04-13T02:29:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T06:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=35418"},"modified":"2024-11-10T00:30:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T05:30:35","slug":"star-wars-party-favors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/13\/star-wars-party-favors\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars Party Favors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The black and white bags were made from scraps, left over from this super hero cape<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

Sometimes you can learn something that seems rather inconsequential at the time but, in fact, it turns out to be a pretty big deal. That’s how Mary Lou Nall’s “inconsequential” teepee bag project became one of the most useful sewing tidbits I have ever picked up. I still have the bag I made in that class more than 30 years ago!<\/p>\n

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This grubby bag lives in my pleater box and holds my pleating supplies–screw driver, extra needles, small scissors, marking pen,needle threader, etc. Apparently, it’s long overdue for laundering. I guess I should wash it.<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve raved about this before, but I’m compelled to it up again, since I’ve just made 38 more as party favors for grandson Alastair’s 7th birthday.<\/p>\n

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38 Star Wars bags for party favors. Zipper and ribbon color is varied which makes it a little easier for children to identify their own personal bag.<\/p><\/div>\n

Sometimes I wonder just how many I have made in these 30 years, but the number must be in the hundreds.<\/p>\n

All 38 bags were made from scraps, leftover from other Star Wars projects. I keep a hefty supply of ribbon and zippers on hand in all colors and sizes so I have all the supplies at the ready. And that’s a good thing, since Rebecca and I decided Thurs. afternoon that these would be good for Saturday’s party.<\/p>\n

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Scraps from a Star Wars pillow <\/a>and lampshade were used for the blue bags.<\/p><\/div>\n

The children loved them. Of course, they were filled with some treats, but the bags were kept close even as the kids climbed on the playground equipment.<\/p>\n

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Even on top of the bars, this youngster clutched his bag.<\/p><\/div>\n

No child wanted to put his down.<\/p>\n

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holding tight to his Star Wars teepee bag<\/p><\/div>\n

A big time was had by all. 90 cupcakes and drinks were just what Alastair and his guests needed after their vigorous workouts on the playground.<\/p>\n

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Alastair’s red face matches his red shirt. Choosing just the right cupcake was a serious decision–which color frosting, which color m&m, which had the most frosting, etc. My sweet, thoughtful Rebecca, Alastair’s mama, even made a gluten–free cake so one child could join in the celebration.<\/p><\/div>\n

Vivian Rose saw the cake simply as a carrier for the frosting.<\/p>\n

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The teepee bag pattern is so versatile. Enlarged, it was a children’s sewing class project that introduced junior sewists to quilting with a small project.<\/p>\n

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A 10 x 20 ” piece strip quilted made this bag.<\/p><\/div>\n

At a market, Lezette (need I say Thomason?) had these little bunny pincushions made of Liberty scraps. The design is the same, but the pincushion is stitched closed instead of zippered.<\/p>\n

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Once, at a sewing store where I was teaching, a small Christmas tree was on the counter with itty bitty tp bags hanging from it. When machine feet were purchased, usually by a husband for his wife, the foot was put into the bag as a wrapping and then hung on the tree at home.<\/p>\n

When attending a sewing machine class, I pack the small supplies such as feet, fray block, snips, threads and other notions in this bag.<\/p>\n

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It takes about 10 minutes to make a plain bag.<\/p>\n

Check out this simple pattern<\/a> and whip up a handy little bag. If you’ve ever made one, I’d like to hear about it or see a picture.<\/p>\n

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