I Made Myself A Handy Bag (With A Sideways Print On The Liner, But We Will Ignore That)
Posted by Kristi on June 11th, 2010 | 3 comments
As the daughter of Dick Dansereau, I have inherited many talents. For example, I have the amazing ability to eat massive amounts of sweets without getting a stomach ache, I am a spectacularly sore loser and winner, and I have limited to no ability to tan. HOWEVER, my most obvious inherited trait from one Richard Charles Dansereau Junior, is my amazing ability to become singularly obsessed with things at various points of my life (example, this blog, reading one book a week, buying massive quantities of yarn.) This has most recently revealed itself in my propensity to purchase yards and yards of various fabrics for future sewing projects to be determined. This, as usual, has resulted in me obtaining QUITE the collection of fabric, most of which I have no plan for or any idea exactly how to use. BUT it allows me to sew cute little market bags on a whim and have all the supplies needed RIGHT at my finger tips. Thanks, Dad!
So, the other day, I sat at my sewing machine, surrounded by tons and tons of fabric I had purchased for long forgotton projects. I picked out my favorite (Anna Maria Horner for those who care), and decided to create my long-awaited market bag. I loosely used the market bag pattern featured on the cover of this book, although of course, as usual with sewing, I could not be bothered to follow all the instructions, and ended up improvising the straps. I even bought some Anna Maria Horner laminated cotton to use for the inside, so I could carry my lunch to work in it AND keep it clean after the mandatory spills that are sure to occur.
Please, admire how cool I look carrying my new lunch/market bag:
Oh, I'm just walking around, carrying lunch in my awesome bag.
In this picture you can see my practical AND awesome liner! Which I, of course, sewed in sideways. After 15 minutes of swearing and attempting to pick my stitches back out of the vise-grip of the laminated cotton, I gave up and decided that the sideways fabric was on purpose. Everyone loves little sideways deers on the inside of their lunch bags! I’m going to start a trend!
Hey! Look at the inside!
And that folks, is it. One little market bag, made all by myself, for myself. Have a Happy Weekend! (And watch the World Cup)
Comments
Oh Kristi, I always laugh out loud when I read your blog. BTW, I also am a sore winner and a sore loser. I am the worst person to play games with. Actually, I bet you are worse.
I love your bag. I still plan on making one soon. I also want to make a pillowcase dress for little girls.
That bag is cute, but not as cute as the little knitting bag you whipped up last night with the cool white square of stitches on the back. Have a safe trip. Looking forward to the first post.