Car Diddy Bag

I finished another project! This time I decided to make the Car Diddy Bag from the Moda Bake Shop. I used Moda's Strawberry Fields fabric.

First I cut the 5" and 3" squares.

Next I matched them up and sewed them.

Once they were sewn each square was cut into four and mixed up.

I then sewed the triangles together. The squares were then sewn together in 3x3.

The next step was to make the strap using small squares. There was a gap in my sewing time with the construction of Katie's Halloween costume. Somehow most of the squares needed for the strap disappeared. So I used a 10" square and sort of made it up. It worked but I did not get any pictures. After that came the lining. This pattern called for laminated cotton which was a small challenge to find. I bought a yard of it but only needed two 11" squares.

The lining squares are sewn together and then attached to the bag, before you know it, its done!

Here it is in the car, ready for whatever Katie manages to put in it.

Driving home from work a week ago my window made a weird noise and would not roll up, it just kept dropping back down. When I got home I pulled out the manual, got the tools and started taking my door apart. Fortunately a mechanic happened to pull up next to me and helped me rig the window up. After much pondering we decided to try and fix it ourselves, the quote to fix it being about $250. So I ordered the part and this Sunday Mike took the door the rest of the way apart and slapped the new window regulator in. So now I have a working window once more! This is what it looked like for that week





In other car news here is what happened to my car yesterday...



Yes that's 200,000 miles. My car is ten years old and I have had it for the last nine. The new goal is to get another 50,000