This and That From One Twenty Seven: Pineapple Paradise

My niece recently graduated from high school and is headed to the State University of New York at Oswego to study technology education. As she was growing up, I always thought she would be an excellent baker and open her own bakery; but alas, she excelled in everything in high school and set her sights on becoming a technology teacher which is the former "Shop Class". Here are is a picture of a few of the items she has made:

Aren't they terrific? She truly does have talent. Notice the last item is a pineapple. She loves them.

When thinking about a gift for her graduation, I decided to create something to use while at college that represented what she liked: the pineapple.

I wanted to make her a banner to be used at her graduation celebration and then maybe as a window treatment in her dorm room. I found this great pineapple fabric from Fort Worth Fabric Co. that would work well for the gifts I wanted to give her.

To start the banner, I cut out multiple triangles of the pineapple fabric and enough of the Heat and Bond Interfacing to give the banner a nice shape.

I then placed the two triangles together, sewed them, turned them right side out and pressed them. I used the green dot coordinating fabric to "string" them equidistant in the banner. Here are a few views of the banner.

Charlie is a ham and loves to pose whenever he can in the projects I make.

My next step was to cut out a vinyl letter to represent her college and date of graduation.

I finished the banner in time to be displayed at her graduation celebration.

The second part of my gift was more challenging. I know that many college freshmen have to share a shower facility, so I decided to make her a water-resistant bag packed with amenities that she could carry to the shower or use in other capacities. I used the same fabrics I used in her banner.

I found a bag from Sew4Home t https://sew4home.com/projects/storage-solutions/slightly-soft-storage-baskets-burlap-cotton. I didn't realize how big it was until I started making it. But, OK, it worked out with all the stuff I packed in it. I used the same pineapple print I used in her banner and the complimentary fabric suggested from Fort Worth Fabric Store.

Below are the rest of the items needed. This included Pellon Vinyl Fuse and Pellon Fusible Midweight Interfacing.

In order to make the bag waterproof, I had to "seal" it with Vinyl Fuse from Pellon. I'm sure there are many other companies that sell this, but this is what I settled with.

The shiny side of these pictures is the vinyl adhered to the cotton fabric.

While in the process of making the bag, I was busily searching for items that I could fill the bag with.

I found a pineapple bath towel, pineapple flip flops, a pineapple night light, a pineapple shower scrubbie, pineapple shower lotion, pineapple scarf, pineapple notepads, a pineapple necklace, and of course, the pineapple bag to carry to the shower.

I recently posted on my "From this and that from One Twenty Seven page, my woman cave smelled like a pineapple. This is because while I was waiting for my purchases to be delivered, the shower lotion leaked all over the floor in my "creative office in my home".

I enjoyed making this bag for my niece and hope she benefits from using it many times.

Below is Charlie, always wanting to make an appearance in anything I create in my craft room. Charlie just wanted to send a reminder to her that he loves her, appreciates her for walking him last summer and wishes her well during the next 4 years at Oswego.