Bag Lady! That’s me. I love to shop for bags, bag patterns, fabric to make my own bags! I have often been heard saying ” I love this fabric, it would make a great bag!”
I originally bought the donut fabric to create favours for my Mom’s annual quilt retreat. As most fabric lovers can relate, I bought WAAAAY too much fabric. So, what’s a bag lady to do with this leftover fabric, but make a tote bag!
The ice cream fabric was purchased to create a summer mug rug for a swap I participated in.
Last month I was invited to a birthday party and found myself looking for a tote to put the gift in…but all I had was Christmas totes. I set out to create these totes so I am ready for the next summer birthday!
For these bags the inner fabric is simple. I have made quite a few of these bags, sometimes with fun fabric both inside and out and they always get rave reviews. My sister-in-law tells me that it fits A LOT of STUFF!
I created them using:
Outer Fabric -cut 2 @ 13-1/2″ x 14-1/2″
Inner Fabric- cut 2 @ 13-1/2″x 14-1/2″
Handles: 4″ WOF
The tutorial I used was from Skip To My Lou
The bag is reversible. I have made a few adaptations to the original design.
I added pockets to these ones. I have made pockets with multiple slots so that a pen and phone can fit.
I have made them larger or smaller depending on the amount of fabric I have.
The smallest I have made is 12″ x 11″, to fit a standard coil notebook.
Please leave a comment below if you have tried this tutorial, would love to see what others’ are creating.
Creatively Yours,
R