Hey, did you guys know that I’ve fallen in love with Amy Butler fabric and patterns (and maybe the person, but I haven’t met her)?
Well, I have.
I whipped up these two tote bags on Tuesday night. Adorable, right?!
This one is a yoga mat/gym tote. I got the pattern from one of my favorite sewing sites, Sew4Home. The pattern called for home-decor weight fabric, but I didn’t have any that I liked on hand. What I DID have on hand, however, was 17.5 yards of Soul Blossoms quilting-weight cotton. (What?! 17.5 yards is a reasonable amount to have on hand for something you really love.)
To reinforce it and give it the strength of a home decor weight fabric, I used Pellon mid-weight iron-on stabilizer. The outside is Amy Butler’s Soul Blossoms Joy Passion Lily Mulberry. The lining is Amy Butler Soul Blossoms Passion Twilight Peony Saffron.
The second bag, below was constructed exactly the same as the yoga mat tote, but the dimensions were different. I used a half yard of Amy Butler Soul Blossoms Passion Temple Tulips Cinnamon, cut in half across the middle to make 2 18″ x 22″ panels. The lining is Amy Butler Midwest Modern II Martini Ice.
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I’m still going strong with the Primal Challenge. I’m actually going stronger now than I was when I first started, so that’s awesome. I’ve started tracking my food via LiveStrong’s My Plate again, which is incredible for calculating your total carb intake for the day. And really guys, staying between 50 and 100 grams isn’t all that hard. Especially when you can have delicious things, like whipped heavy cream and Stevia, totally guilt free, when a craving hits you. (Like it may or may not have hit me yesterday afternoon.)
In four days I’ve racked up 4 hours and 15 minutes of low-level activity. I’ve also gotten in 2 intense (well, okay maybe only one was intense) full-body strength training sessions, and yesterday I turned my 3-mile run into a sprint workout. (And OH. MY. GOD. My lungs weren’t expecting that.) It’s Wednesday, and I could stop working out until Sunday if I wanted to. LOVE that!
Here’s what’s on the menu today:
Breakfast: Smoothie with Prograde, unsweetened cocoa, frozen banana, and light coconut milk
Lunch: Cinnamon-crusted pork chop, mixed greens and mushrooms sauteed in bacon fat, along with some bacon
Snack: 2 hard-boiled eggs, celery, organic cream cheese
Dinner: Spaghetti squash, shrimp, homemade red sauce
Totals:
- Cals: 1395 (HECK YEAH!!)
- Fat: 81 g (Who cares? It’s all natural, Grokkish fat)
- Carbs: 71 g (HECK YEAH!!!)
- Protein: 102 g (Woohoo!)
I am so proud of you courtney!!! Love you! Paleo powered! GRRR!
If you made me a yoga tote like the one above, how much would you charge me? I want one so baaaaad! Gabie