Quiver Tutorial - How to make a toy quiver

I've found several tutorials on various blogs, and I thought I'd try my hand at one.  The boys got some toy bows and arrows, and they wanted quivers for them.  I let them pick out the fabric, so that is where the odd color/pattern choices come from, but if you wanted a quiver as part of a costume, you could easily do this in brown cotton or some faux suede.  

So here is the tutorial:

First, you need a piece of 44" wide fabric.  The fold is at the top in this picture, and this piece measures approximately 18" across.  Cut a piece of interfacing and put it in between the pieces as shown: 

Then I folded the quiver in half lengthwise and sewed along the edge.  This way the quiver inside and out has the print fabric, and between the interfacing makes it a bit sturdier.  Next, I stood the quiver upright and traced roughly around the circular bottom with a fabric pencil:

I cut out 2 fabric circles, and put them together right sides out.  Then I pinned the circles into the quiver bottom:

Sew.  Turn right side out and cut a cardboard circle to fit in the inside This keeps the quiver open for use, but the cardboard would be easy to remove for washing.  Next, you need a strap.  I cut a piece approximately 6" wide and 30" long, but you can adjust it to the size of your kid.  Fold in half lengthwise and sew across the top and down the side.  Turn inside out and hem the exposed bottom seam.  Finally, attach the strap to the quiver by sewing one end on the quiver's side seam near the top (about 1/2" down) and the other side at the bottom of the quiver on the side seam as well.

Sewing on the strap

 Then, let the kids have fun!  You can easily adjust the size of the quiver according to the size of the child and the size of the arrows you have.

I linked up with Sew Country Chick's Sew and Tell Saturday.  

Garden Update

I took these pictures over the weekend, but never actually posted them.  So here is the garden update:

This is a "Cinderella" pumpkin.  It's an heirloom type that grows rather large and quite red. 

Here are two of the four cantaloupe seedlings.  I can't wait for cantaloupe!!!

And the roses look lovely.  I do absolutely nothing with this rose bush, and it is gorgeous.

I did have to buy several (many) tomato plants from the farmer's market, and I also bought 2 butternut squash, various sweet pepper plants, 3 beets, 3 radishes, and one pasilla pepper plant, which is the type of pepper I used in dried form in chorizo.  It's raining now, but I do plan on counting exactly how many tomato plants I've ended up with.  I think it is between 30 and 40.

And lastly, we had a great time yesterday at Holiday World.  It was our first trip to an amusement park for the kids, and it went very well.  All three had a good time, and no one got motion sick.  (I did medicate Elijah beforehand, and he and I stayed off twisty rides.  I admit that the third time I took Lydia on the carousel, I did get a bit queasy, but I got better.)

Kids and Chicks

The boys like the chicks' feathers.

Cockerel on the left, pullet on the right.

Goofy grins

"Shh, shh, Fatty, it's ok."

Red dress

I've been meaning to make Lydia a new peasant-style dress.  She really wanted me to use this red polka dot fabric on a dress for her, so I paired it with the cherry fabric I love, and it turned out pretty well:

I had originally put a casing and elastic in the sleeves, too, but I made the sleeves too short and the elastic too tight, so I changed that.  Lydia prefers it this way, anyway.  I used a large zig-zag stitch on the neckline and hem, and I like the way that looks.  Lydia's been really into wearing dresses lately, so I'm sure this one will get plenty of wear.

Tree planting and etc

Well, after all the company was gone Monday, I really needed to get some work done around the yard.  I did a little weeding and planting, but not nearly enough of either.  Then Monday night, Nathaniel dug holes for me to plant the trees.  We planted: 1 dwarf golden apple, 1 dwarf red delicious apple, 1 dwarf cherry, 1 dwarf Keiffer pear, 1 dwarf peach, and 1 dwarf plum plus a mulberry tree.  I'm still trying to figure out just where to put the 2 (full-sized) persimmon trees.  Nathaniel also cut down a couple of diseased small trees and one of the crabapple trees - the one near the garden.  The plum is planted over there now, but closer to the driveway so it won't shade the garden or block the gate.  It never really produced crabapples except for a handful.  It was a pretty tree, but we have another in the front that is the kids' favorite, and I needed a place for the plum that was away from oak trees (according to my library tree book).  We have lots of oaks, and I don't intend on cutting any of those down, so the options for the plum were quite limited.  But now we've planted 7 fruit trees and have 2 more to go.

Yesterday was the last day of school.  The boys are excited for summer break.  They brought home loads of stuff that I need to go through.  Lydia and I rented a couple of movies from the library, so they watched the first half of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief last night (they'll watch the rest tonight with Nathaniel).  This morning, they watched the original 101 Dalmatians with Lydia, so the movies were a nice treat.

Now for summer break!  On the schedule, we have boy scout day camp, VBS, tennis lessons, trips to grandparents' houses, a family trip (with lots of family) to Cincinnati, and summer reading programs.  Plus, I still have to figure out when we can do swim lessons. Wow, that looks like a lot when I write it all down.  And our around the house goals include teaching the boys to type and to write in cursive.

Great Weekend

Just look at the cuteness I had at my house this weekend:

Including our family, 9 kids and 9 adults stayed at my house, and another 4 adults dropped in for Sunday lunch.  All in all, a very great weekend with friends and family.

In the garden

I haven't been able to get in the garden for a week or more, because of the rain.  Finally, I was able to do some planting and weeding Tuesday and Wednesday.  Here is a brussel sprout, getting much bigger:

Here are two zucchini plants that I planted from seed in the garden.  They popped right up.  (I have 5 total of these.)

As for our strawberries, we have a few green ones.  Elijah picked the only red one two days ago.  He said it was delicious, super sweet.

This tiny green pepper is on a plant that has been growing in the playroom all winter.  I just transplanted it to the garden yesterday.

And lastly, Lydia with Fatty, the "best chicken in the whole entire world, ever!"