Fabric Memory Game

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It all started with this photo from Pinterest.  It was love at first sight.  Are you kidding me?  Fabric Memory.  Why didn't I think of that?  A game for kids that involves beautiful fabric?  That is right up my alley.  I couldn't stop thinking about it.  Seriously.  I have issues.

photo from the Purl Bee via pinterest 

But, come on, look at the fabric they used.  Gorgeous.  Heavenly.  I couldn't get my hands on fabric that beautiful.  However, I did use up some pretty scraps so that is a good thing, right?

When we were invited to a two year old birthday party, I knew it was time.  Time to make the Fabric Memory Game I had been dreaming of.

I followed the tutorial found here.  It was a perfect tutorial.  Beautiful photos and so easy to understand.  

This was a time consuming project for me but totally worth every minute.  

Mine are not nearly as perfect as the ones you will see in the tutorial.  Yikes.  I dream of being that good one day.

I wrote my crooked stitching and lopsided squares off as "adding character".  Works for me.

I just stared at them for a long time.  Almost didn't give them away.  It was that kind of present, you know the kind.

I didn't want to just throw the game in a plastic baggie.  That is no fun.  So next in order was a felt holder for the game.  

I used the same color felt as the Memory squares.  I began with two pieces of felt approximately 9" x 11".  

I found some scrap ribbon for the button loop closure and to finish off the top of the bag.  I looped the smaller ribbon and then pinned a wider ribbon the length of the bag top.

I pinned a ribbon on the other side too.

Then I hit the sewing machine to straight stitch that ribbon to the top of the bag and I also stitched the two pieces of felt together to form the holder.

I folded over the top to make a pencil mark where the button should go.  I sewed the button in place.

Now I had a fabric bag to hold my Fabric Memory Game.  Woohoo!

And the button closure worked like a charm and looked cute too!

I tucked the game squares neatly in the bag.  I am pretty sure I had a huge smile on my face the whole time.  These things really do make me giddy.

Seriously though, how cute does that look when you peek into the bag?

I added a tag to the front hanging from the button so the momma of the birthday girl would know what the gift was.

You want to make one now, don't you???  

I even had a preschool teacher that was also a guest at the party come up to me afterwards and ask if I could make her one for her classroom.  Pretty cool.  Although, I had just finished them up and so the idea of starting a whole new set made me want to take a nap.  : )

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Happy Tuesday!