Both of these projects are from the book Bend the Rules Sewing.

I decided to start a new tote instead of trying to re-do the other one. So I took the kids into town to get the strawberry fabric and some different material for interfacing. I made this tote one inch bigger all around and had no problems at all (I still don't know what the deal was with the other one...).

I wanted to make a hat for Sarah, too, so I got to it tonight when the kids went to bed. The hat instructions had no actual measurements or clues how to measure for someone's head so I cut it as indicated by the pattern and ended up with a hat that fits my head! The hat was supposed to be for a child so I'm not sure what the deal is there. The project calls for a button in the middle of the flower but I don't have any buttons on hand so I may just leave it as-is (unless I find an awesome button). The project was pretty easy so I might try to scale it down to Sarah's head and re-do it (or not, she actually has plenty of winter hats handed down from Anna).