Project Runway is Back!

Yay! My favorite show, Project Runway is back for a brand new season! The Season Premiere was last night and boy, was it good. Seriously, a LOT of design talent coupled with some interesting folks, to say the least (including a servere tanorexic!!) If you didn’t get a chance to watch it and don’t want to know what happened- then stop reading now so I don’t give anything away!

On the 1st episode they brought back my absolute favorite challenge- the Grocery Store challenge. First featured on Season One, this challenge entails shopping at a grocery store for items to make your garment with.

Now most people played it safe and got table cloths to make their outfit with- SO boring! Please! Where in the World is the innovation or Creativity in that I ask you! But this one guy used cups! Yes, cups. Ya know those big blue cups that hold like a gallon of beer that you find at keggers or block parties?? Genious!

But I have to say BY FAR the most dissappointing was the older rocker girl who used garbage bags. She was droning on and on about how flimsy they are. Jeez Louise! She never even tried to iron then together!

Fusing plastic bags is SO much fun and you can make a gazillion cool things out of the plastic “fabric”. She could of make the coolest “patent leather” looking outfit.

Oh well, there is always next Wednesday!

Tune in to Project Runway Wednesdays at 9/8 central on Bravo.

Next Pattern:

I am just smitten with this felt gingerbread house bag. This would make such a sweet special Christmas accessory for a kid. It’s a free pattern at Benzie Design, designed by Gracie from Hello Gracie Makes. It’s packed with adorable gingerbread house details, like swirls and stripes and scallops adoring the doors and windows.

And while all those details might seem like this would be a complicated pattern, it’s actually not. The bag itself is made from felt, which makes finishes edges unnecessary. (All of those scalloped edges are just cut from felt, no edge finishing required.) The strap is super simple, made from rope with knotted ends. And all those details are made with some basic hand embroidery stitches. Sparkle felt makes it extra cute.

The striped scallop roof is actually the top flap of the bag. A magnetic snap makes it a secure closure. The rope straps are attached through felt loops at the side of the bag.

They rate this project as an intermediate level, and it should take about 6 hours to make start to finish. That’s doable for a Saturday project or a couple of evenings. Full color photos step you through the entire process.

The project includes a shopping list for all of your supplies. They’ve got a shop so you can order all of them from Benzie if you like and get exactly the supplies used in the project. I noticed it includes a pair of scallop shears, which makes cutting all the scalloped edges for the roof and around the door a breeze.

Finished dimensions of the little felt gingerbread bag are approximately 6 ½” wide x 7 ½” tall. That’s the perfect size to hold a small book, a small toy, or a notepad and some cute pens.

Go to Benzie Design to get the tutorial and free pattern for the felt gingerbread house bag.

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