Part 3 - Tiny Happy Bag # 2

There were so many different flowers in my Mother's Day bunch, and I only know the roses. These green ones, I have no idea what they are called, but when I looked at them I thought, they are not ripe yet!

Sorry, my knitter friends. Still not about knitting. If you would like to learn how to make a zipper bag (as I did), here's a link to an tutorial. It's one I found, cruising the net again. There are several good ones out there.

I'm not totally pleased with this one, but it will serve it's purpose. Both ends of the zipper are very bulky. The zipper foot on my sewing machine is bad. The one on my old Singer was a pleasure to work with. They look very different, and I can see how one would work better than the other. Anyway, I've put all the odds and ends of knitting accessories and then some in it. There's plenty of room left. Maybe I'll find a better use for it.

Here's Tiny Happy Bag # 2! This one's mine, mine, mine!

Not quite finished yet. I didn't want the closure with the button; I was thinking of magnetic snaps. And the inner pocket is made with the lining fabric. It's my bag, I can do what I want!

About the outer fabric. I was looking for a stiffer fabric, and while the first bag was perfect in that regard, this one was a surprise. In the store it was stiff and I thought perfect for the job. I wash all the fabric before I use it. After washing this one, it got buttery soft. Well, my sewing days are far behind me, and I forgot a lot. Anyway, I bought some iron on stuff to give the fabric some back bone, and also to help with the incredible fringing.

What I learned (again), cotton fabric is so easy to work with, other fabric can be a pain .....

A trip to Michael's and I had the magnetic snaps in hand, and shortly after on the bag. There was a dilemma though. I hadn't thought it through enough. The closure works fine, but you can see the ugly side on the outside. How to fix that?

On the right side, I fastened an old Ducky brooch, which was waiting its turn to be useful.

On the "back" side I glued on part of an old earring. I removed all the metal parts. If it should ever fall off, I still have the other earring to harvest.

Until a week ago I've never ever heard of Amy Butler. Did you? I think almost all her bag patterns are nice. In fact, one I thought was so nice, that I had to have the pattern. So I ordered it. It's the Chelsea Bag, you might want to google it. It looks quite simple, and I think it will be easy to make, but I don't want to invest time to figure it out on my own. So, yes,there will be some sewing in the future. I have another couple of tote patterns I want to make, but the sewing thirst is quenched for now; sewing machine packed away (but not out of reach).

Next post, we will resume regular knitting blogging! Promised! ;o)