My sister and her family are hosting another Exchange Student from Brazil at thier home. She happens to be younger sister of another exchange student that they hosted a couple years ago. Danny is from Brazil. Her birthday is coming up soon. Last weekend we celebrated birthdays...and this is what I made for Danny. The green fabric has been in my pile for about a year...I love it...came from Walmart. The brown polka-dot fabric came from Goodwill....with an original .68 cent tag on it, from K-Mart! I wanted to incorporate the two prints, so I choose this cute flower design from Embroidery Library to use...and I think it worked! Danny was thrilled! She plans on using it to carry her school books. I was happy with the results...so another similar tote is planned for the near future.

by kkcogle 05 Mar 2011

thank you!

by kkcogle 05 Mar 2011

thanks!

by kkcogle 05 Mar 2011

Danny was very happy with it! she told me she would use it for her school books. She's a very nice girl..we are happy to have met her!

by kkcogle 05 Mar 2011

thank you...I was sure hoping that it would all work!

by kkcogle 05 Mar 2011

thanks Shirlene! I sure wish I had LOTS of that polka-dot...I have about 2 yds, so will use it very sparingly. It is a border print, so the dots are bigger on the bottem, then gradually get smaller. I tried to show that in the picture, how I used the larger inside to line the bag. It washed up like a dream! Like I said, I wish I had more....oh well, just glad I found what I did!

by kkcogle 05 Mar 2011

oh..and Danny...yes, she is a cute little girl! Go through my friends on FB..look for Iuly...that is her sister who was here a couple years ago. They both are very special girls to our family! They are such good eaters...they come here skinny and leave not-so-skinny-anymore! They really like Dairy Queen. Sometimes they go 2 times a day! Danny has not tried DQ yet, as it hasn't opened...but, when it does...watch out!

by kkcogle 05 Mar 2011

thank you! I'm glad you liked it!!