Bag #2

Another day, another bag. I like this one a lot better, except I didn't add a pocket like I planned, and my magnetic snaps aren't in yet. Did you know you can't buy magnetic snaps at Joann's? WTF? And all my cool favorite fabric store are quilting-centric, so they don't have them either. Lame. Anyway, I digress.

New bag. I guess it's a hobo bag? All the hobos I know carry those bandana-on-a-stick things. Oh, the hobos I know...


Closeup of the inside. I like the dots, and the way they match the flowers on the outside. Both fabrics from Alexander Henry.

****Do you like this bag? Would you like to own this bag? YOU CAN! I'm planning to put some up on Etsy in the near future, but I messed up a little with this one. The handle is crooked on the one side, so it's not up to my own specifications. Anyway, if you want it, make me an offer! craftyb1tch@gmail.com I'll gladly send you a picture of the handle. I'd put one here, but I'm on my way out.

My first (well, kinda) bag

Not *technically* the first bag I've made, but the first one I'm not embarassed to take out in public.

Here is the outside.

And here is the inside.

I have an obsession with Alexander Henry fabrics, which they (oddly enough) sell at Joann's. The skull fabric is an AH creation, and a remnant bin score. The outer dots fabric came from Zoe's Trunk in Chandler, AZ.

I tried to use a "For Dummies" pattern, but apparently I'm even stoopider than a dummy (moron? imbecile?). One would assume that the purchasers of "For Dummies" patterns are sewing newbies, and therefore pattern newbies, so they would be easier to follow. One would be WRONG. So the basic shape of the bag came from the pattern, while the construction came from the AWESOME "Jordy Bag" tutorial on the craftster.org forums.

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