Some Kind of Bag....

Ha ha! I don't really know what to call this bag! I found a pattern at a shop, and it was for a computer bag. Unfortunately, the pattern was rather poorly written, and the directions were really hard to follow. I first thought it was me just not following it, but I asked a group of friends I sew with, and they didn't get it either. :)

Anyways, I set off to make what was kind of a laptop bag or something, and then I just started adding more decoration.

First I wanted the cross stitch embroidery band, then I saw my dear friend making something with a half Dresden plate, and I had to have that, and then I just loved all the fabrics in this collection and had to use those. It just kept getting more and more involved!

This bag is actually from a few years ago, and I remember how much fun it was to make even though I ended up making the whole thing very complicated. It is lined, and quilted. The embroidery is just something I made up a long the way.

I just love the colors, and think its so pretty. I strangely now don't use it very often because I don't want anything to happen to it! (heavy sigh)

I do that with a lot of things. I don't use my pretty Nicholas Mosse Pottery because I don't want it to break, I hate to use a nice notecard because it is too nice, and sometimes I don't use a gorgeous fabric because it could turn into a disaster.

I'm okay with this tendency of mine for the most part, but I had fun today using this bag.

Details:

• fabric - Wordsmith collection by Moda

• thread - Danish Flower Thread

• linen - 30 count banding