I'm an excited girl with the new purse I picked up over the weekend! I traded the old one in for one with more room, so now I no longer have to separetly tote around my lunch bag and water bottle. Though, like most things in life, you have to make compromises, so I lost some of the pocket space in my old bag that I was used to. But I'm managing..especially now that I've made a cute clutch to store all my coupons in!
This evening, I grabbed my favorite crazy bunny fabric by Jay McCarroll and my new book, One-Yard Wonders. I decided that the Planner Sleeve pattern would create the perfect solution to keep those coupons from swimming around my new bag.
I started the project with all intentions of following the design; however, my scrap of fabric was about 18"x20", far from the 1 yard of fabric the pattern called for. (What's in a name, really?) I still managed to get the fabric cut the correct size, than fudged a little with the batting. I basted the fabric and batting together, so when I sewed on the edging, all the layers would sit nicely together and there would be less frustration. Always on the look out for my sanity!
I made my own "bias" tape out of a 2" straight cut of 44" fabric, and that worked really well to finish the edges. Of course, my favorite embellishment to the pattern are the embroidered carrots on the front!
This pattern gets 3 spools of thread...as soon as I find them.
Very clever! Making something useful that also looks great!
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