After looking at the pattern I decided I did not want it to be a Christmas bag. It was also a bit smaller than I like so I have made it bigger. I had this star block left over from another project so decided this would be used for the back of the bag and then not be wasted. It is constructed the same as the pattern with a wider bottom and side panels to give the width I wanted.
I enjoyed doing the hexies for the front and did not make an embroidered front panel and so I was able to finish the back fairly quickly. I have also made the handles longer so I can have it over my shoulder when shopping. Now looking forward to next month, and will practice with the bag pattern as it looks a bit tricky and I dont want to cut into my good fabrics until I know I can do it.
Bye for now Jude from judesstuff
4 comments:
Your bag looks great.
very clever adaptation.
Lovely bag and what a great use of an orphan block. Love how the back looks.
Margaret
the star looks great on the back......love the dark brown.........
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