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Tuesday 28 July 2015

If in doubt, make a bag...

It's my Mum's birthday on the weekend, so I made her (another) bag.  I honestly daren't look back over the birthdays, Christmases and Mother's Days to see how many she has already had from me, but today that's what I made…


It's another wing-it pattern, with rough measurements from a bag I use all the time, which I made this time last year.

Essex yarn-dyed linen, some John Lewis cotton/linen home deco and lined with a poplin ticket fabric from the local sewing shop…


I added some of the Essex linen to 1.25" cotton webbing for the handles, and a lovely 16" metal zip on the front pocket and it looks even better than anticipated.  Love it when that happens!


It took me a couple of hours, escaping the Minecraft/Clash of Clans aggro going on in the other room; oh please let the sunshine come out and the warm weather return soon!

13 comments:

  1. Great job. http://nachnuch.blogspot.com/

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  2. It's beautiful H! Have a lovely w/e with your folks! Jxo

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  3. We all need bags ;) This one is a real stunner!

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  4. A girl can never have too many bags. Bags have been my go to present for a few years now. I have a friend that uses her bags to keep all of her individual cross stitching project in, they each have a separate bag and look lovely at the same time. x

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  5. What a professional job you have done Missus!! Love the zipper with its leather tassel! Beautiful!

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  6. Looks fantabulous. A mother can never have enough bags. Even mine. Who doesn't even like bags. Until I make one then she either wants it or wants to borrow it!

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  7. trust me, you can never ever ever have too many bags, even if you use the same one every day

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  8. That's beauty of a bag and your mom is lucky to receive it

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  9. A lovely bag - what size did it finish up?.

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  10. Such a beautiful bag - I don't think that you can ever have too many bags:)

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