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Happy Labor Day! Here at AquaSeventy6, Autumn and I have been soaking up the very last minutes with our kiddos before we send them off to school.

We are also in the process of designing a super fun challenge for our readers (and ourselves!) More information to come later this week.

This afternoon, while browsing through the many blogs that I follow, I came across Ucreate Crafts’ September “Create With Me” Project. The Tohoku Tote was originally featured on I Am Momma Hear Me Roar and sold for charity. Now it is available for all of us to create and share.

After perusing the pattern I decided to give it a shot. Best case scenario, I’d have something to blog about today. Worst case, my daughter would have yet another piece for her “land of misfit purses” collection. I am glad to say that it came out pretty great!

The main fabric is a remnant piece of home decor fabric I found at Joanns many months ago. The lining is a lined curtain panel I bought at Goodwill last year for $2

I have to admit, I will probably remove the bow. I don’t really think I made it the right way and I can see the hand stitching which really bugs me.

I love the pockets. I made a bigger one for my keys and a divided one for my cell phone and lip gloss. I put the clasp on a little too high, and so it was a little hard to stitch around it. You can see that my top stitching around the opening isn’t as professional as I would like.

All in all, this bag came out pretty darn cute and is a great size! Thanks to Ucreate for this fun group project!

Happy Friday, gang! Can you believe it’s September already?

In Florida, the school year usually begins mid-August. The concept of starting after Labor Day is quite foreign to me, as is waking up to temperatures in the low 60s this early in the year. The fact that the local pool CLOSES on Labor Day wigs me out. Back home, the beaches are still warm well into October. Virginia is still the South, right? 🙂

Even so, after spending the week shopping for school supplies, meeting teachers, and touring campuses I am ready for fall!
One of my favorite fall accessories is a scarf. A couple of years ago I purchased my first infinity scarf (which is basically a tube a fabric connected on both ends.) I loved it so much that I wore it everyday, which of course means I took it off somewhere (restaurant? sister’s house? grocery store? movies?) never to be seen again.

I decided to try to make my own infinity scarf, and here is what I came up with.

I didn’t photograph a step-by-step on this because to be perfectly frank, I didn’t know what the heck I was doing. I made so many mistakes that I nicknamed this the “Dingbat’s Infinity Scarf”.

I love how versatile this scarf can be!

You can wear it so many different ways!

Leaving out my trial and error this is what I did:

Cut 2 pieces 12″ x 54″ of your favorite fabric
Sew together one of the short ends on each (right sides together) to make a 12″ x 108″ strip.
Fold the short length in half (right sides together) and sew along the long side.
Turn the tube inside out (like a sock).
Fold in and press a seam on one of the open ends
Tuck the other short ends into the folded end and top stitch them together

I won’t deny that those are the worst instructions ever. I am positive that there is a MUCH easier way to do this, so if you figure it out, let me know! Even so, I am loving my new infinity scarf. I can’t wait until it is cool enough to sport it out!