Hi, Folks!! I am immersed in watching Olympic Gold! The Americans are doing so well!
When Sally was here in July, she and I stopped in at Blue Bamboo, one of my favorite fabric shops. It is primarily for quilters, but I find most of my fabrics there. They had a very cute, Minnesota-themed tote bag as a featured pattern for the quilting shop hop. You could pre-order the kit, which I did. Here is the pattern:
I think it is a fairly popular pattern. I got the kit last week and made it over the weekend. It turned out so cute!
It looks ginormous in the picture, but it is only about 12 inches high and 15 inches wide! I had to play around with it a little bit to make the straps longer – the kit only included the exact fabric needed. It has six very nice pockets inside:
The picture looks like a fish, but is just the pockets! 😉 I added a magnetic snap. I really like it and may make another, though it was a TON of work. The second time around I would know what I was doing!
Wow, very cool! I love the colors in the fabrics you used. Much more chic than the pattern photo… it really upgrades the whole look of the bag!
Comment by Natalie Beckman — August 13, 2016 @ 5:02 pm
Me likey!
Comment by Surly — August 13, 2016 @ 7:54 pm
I love it – the first thing I ever made as I stumbled down the slope towards quilting, was a tote – but mine was horribly complex, with page after page of directions, and I swore I would never make another one. Maybe I will now I’ve seen this!
Comment by Pippa Jones — August 14, 2016 @ 10:58 am
Got one when I retired. A great knitting bag.
Comment by Suzanstew — August 16, 2016 @ 4:51 pm
The view of the beautiful inside of your bag made me smile. Is it just me, or do other people see what I see (on a blurry Monday morning)? Like some op art pieces you look at it one way as black on white, or the other way as white on black. With the tote – probably because of the photographic angle – I it’s more picture like: is it the inside of the tote or is it the head (and eye!) of a blue whale? Either way, it’s gorgeous:-).
Comment by Chloe — August 22, 2016 @ 8:02 am