This is ok, but on the weekend I had the need for some instant gratification...so, I decided to make a bag. What a hoot...I have very little experience with making bags, in fact I have only ever produced this little make-up bag project that I found on the Pfaff website. Fabric was not an issue, as I have a lot of bitses and pieces collected over time....also found some bag designs that I had obviously collected to do one day.
Well, I selected the easiest pattern that I had...2 pages of instructions....how hard could this be! Not sure where I got this pattern from...probably somewhere on the internet some time ago. It is called a Bazooples Day Holiday Tote by Springs Creative (designed by Amy Tallent).
Have a look at the end result:
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| Country themed tote 14"x17" (approximate) |
Immensely proud of this even though it is very simple. As these were just bitses of fabric (the back as you can see is some green fabric I found) I just used calico for the lining. No pockets or any other fancy stuff ...this was enough to cope with. I stippled the front and put some loops on the back. Left the sides empty as I did not know whether one should quilt in those areas or not and the instructions did not mention anything about it.
This was a lot of fun...I can see some more bags coming up. Mind you, I think I should make them a bit smaller, this is huge.
Until next time
Karin
