Under the name of Cailin Sanders

Sunday, August 9, 2026

Reading Buddies

I give away Reading Buddies at the library as prizes for our Read and Grow program. We were down to a couple very badly made creatures so I ran off a whole bunch. These still need to be stuffed and sewn up. Or, in the case of the gingerbread shapes, hand-sewn as they are hard to do on a machine. I've learned that fleece is better than felt. Most of these were cut by teen volunteers, so I had to trim some a lot and the ones cut on our die-cut (the horses) don't have matching sides. Then again, a kid took the "swamp witch" I accidentally made so...

Sunday, April 12, 2026

Pillow

I've been meaning to make a pillow that could easily be restuffed (and washed) instead of constantly sewing up holes in my old pillows. I procrastinated for a long time and finally when I sat down to do it today, I forgot that I was going to add a zipper... anyways, it's not pretty but hopefully it will be workable. I'll probably use a safety pin or something to hold the zipper in place when I wash it.

Saturday, March 21, 2026

Bread bags

This was a new project, not an old one to finish, but it was a quick one. I made two bread bags for my sibling who was visiting. They often get bread at Whole Foods and it goes through a slicer and then you slide it into a bag. This was so they can stop having to use the plastic bags. I'm not sure if they're the right size, but I DID spend extra time on actually rolling over the seams and making them look nice (only broke one sewing machine needle lol).

This bag was just plain muslin. I'm worried it's a little too small, especially the opening, to fit over the bread slicer.

This one is fancier. I lined it with thin white muslin. It did turn out quite a bit bigger, so this one might be TOO big... I guess they can put multiple loaves in it? Or fill it with vegetables or... something.