Homemade Bean Bag Chair

I posted here, all the way back in August, about the bean bag chairs I was making for the kids. I sewed the panels for one together and then decided to use the plastic bags from our many large grocery shopping trips to fill them. This week, finally, the first one was full enough to finish up.

The kids love it. It's just the right size for a couple preschoolers or perfect for an older child to sit in to read a book or watch tv.

 I like the idea of filling these bean bag chairs with plastic bags but it takes a long time to get enough bags to fill one, even though we do buy a lot of groceries. I think for the next one I'm going to enlist the help of local friends collecting the bags to fill it up.

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WOWW - Updates on my Projects

A few weeks ago I shared some projects I had started. With school starting I've moved a little slower than I had hoped but I am slowly making progress.

I've sewn together the patchwork curtains for one window, now I just need to iron them and get some curtain rods to so I can put them up.

I've also sewn a set of curtains for the downstairs bathroom and they also need to ironed and put up.

One of the bean bags I cut out is now sewn together, I just need to get the stuffing to put inside it and close it up.

And I tried my hand at braiding fabric strips for a braided rug for the playroom. I definitely need some practice but it's going to be fun.

And that's what is on my "workdesk" this week.

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Braided Rugs, Patchwork Curtains and Bean Bag Chairs

I have quite a bit on my "workdesk" right now and not so much time to work on all these projects. But I'm having so much fun with them so it's all good.

For years I've carried around with me a stash of fabric that I couldn't quite decide what to do with. I finally settled on some projects and now I have three started. One of the reasons I have so many started is that I'm cutting things out while I'm waiting on a part for me sewing machine. It should be here any day now, and then I can actually start sewing.

The first project I started is patchwork curtains. Because the house we live in is an old farm house I thought patchwork curtains would fit very well in here.

I'm keeping it simple with patchwork squares. So far this is what I've cut out.

The second project I started is beanbag chairs. We recently rearranged the playroom, taking out the large couch and chairs. My plan is to make quite a few of these little beanbag chairs, at the moment I have enough panels cut out to make three. I found the pattern at Making It Fun - Bean Bag Chair.

I'm planning to make one red and tan, one green and tan, and one all red.

Now if the piece for the sewing machine would just come!

The third project I started is a braided rug for the playroom. I have quite a few older, mismatched sheets that I'm going to start with. At least I don't have to wait to use my sewing machine for this and can work on it in the in between times when it doesn't work for me to sew.

So there you have it - all the projects that are on my "workdesk" today.

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