Just Add Candy

Surprisingly I haven't had the sewing bug in awhile.  That is so sad to me because it is so fun!  Maybe it's because life has been just so busy!  And just like last time, I decided to do a project just before we leave town!  I can't help it! (last time we went to bear lake, I was sewing that blanket the night before we left when I should have been packing!) We are leaving for a week to California and I want to be at home sewing and being domestic in the spirit of Halloween.  But I am excited to see all the cousins and family and I know we will have a blast!  I'm very tempted to take my sewing machine!  Well see...  

Anyway, I had an idea to make my kids Trick or Treat bags and looked all over the Internet to find a pattern I liked.  I found this one at JC Handmade and modified it in the handles and embellishments.   The possibilities are endless on this bag!  I have so many ideas!

I really wanted to put pom pom fringe on Sadie's using a ribbon like Cole's on top of the pom pom fringe but I ran out of ribbon.  I think the ric rac is cute though.  She loves it!  She said "it's just like a purse!"

I made these handles 18 inches long because I wanted them to be able to put it over their shoulders.  But now that I see them carrying them I think I could have done shorter.  Especially on Cole's.  I also Covered Sadie's handles with fabric to try to make it a little more girly looking.  It would have been cute to embroider their names on the to.

So what do you think?  They are the perfect size.  I don't want them to have any more candy than these could hold.  They never even fill a plastic pumpkin.  You could adjust the measurements to make them bigger.  They were SO fun to make and REALLY easy!  The tutorial of the bag is a good one.  The step by step was so easy to follow.  If you can sew a straight line, you could make these.  So QUICK go get some fabric, head over to JC Handmade and make some for your kids this Halloween!