This is a prototype tote bag that I made last Saturday. I had this red fabric from Kirin & Co. that I didn't have any plans for. It came in some packs of small pieces of assorted fabric that I bought specifically for the blue ginkgo and birch forest fabrics that I used in my pillow and quilt. I also have a piece of green ginkgo fabric that I plan to make a tote bag from, but I thought I'd make this red one first so I could refine my techniques for the next one!
I roughly used the tutorial on super eggplant, except when I sewed the lining into the bag I just topstitched instead of doing the crazy inside-out thing. Mainly because I was lazy and also worried that I'd end up with handles stuck between the lining and the outside of the bag, or something crazy like that.
The brown fabric is linen & cotton, as is Lara's fabric, so it has a nice texture to it. I messed up one of the corners, but it doesn't bother me too much, and overall I think the bag looks really nice! It reminds me of summer though, so I'm having trouble using it now (it's too cheerful for March!)...but I'll get over it.
5 comments:
Sarah, That is so cute! What a great idea! I love the offset pattern. Love, Em
How strong is the bag? I just noticed its not offset from the side, but from the top, i still LOVE it!
Cute bag! I have the same problem when I'm doing handles in lined bags - I almost always mess up when I sew them in the first time and end up ripping it out to fix it.
ooh, pretty bag. I love Kirin&co's fabrics! p.s. the magic loop thing is super easy-- there's a turkish cast on tutorial (figure 8 cast on) in an old vogue knitting. I feel like I'm knitting with a porcupine when I knit with dpns, so I exclusively knit with magic loop. Don't be intimidated!
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