I had some struggles with it, as the pattern doesn't allow for inside pockets and I knew I wanted them, but I'm pleasantly surprised with how well it turned out. I actually had to quilt the entire bag body on my sewing machine and it actually came out looking halfway decent.
I hate quilting anything on my machine so I avoid making anything that needs to be quilted there. I was a bit tricky though in how I did it: Adhesive spray and painters' tape.The pattern for the tote bag actually tells you to use spray adhesive between the layers before quilting them...I tried it and it actually worked quite well. The masking tape gave me straighter lines than I could've done on my own.
I finished it just in time too! Two of my cross stitch kits showed up in yesterday's mail.
On another note: Let the 2010 Christmas
shopping commence! I got Ave's "big" present! I wanted to get her the LL Bean kid's push/pull sled. I thought to myself, "Hmm...maybe I can get it cheaper on ebay..." and I did. I managed to save $60 by buying it used on ebay.The seller's mother bought it for her daughter this Christmas, but the kid is too big (she's 4 and it's meant for much younger kids)...it was used to pull presents up the driveway a couple of times...AND she's including a Christmas outfit that her daughter got that's too small too. WOOHOO!
2 comments:
You are one talented lady. I do not know how you do it!
I'm so jealous
The bag looks great! I love how you did the inside pockets.
That is awesome about the sled. I also found that you could get stuff cheaper on ebay. It made Christmas shopping easier. No malls!
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