As I discussed in yesterday's blog, Lindsey wants to make a bag. We saw one at Blue Mountain, Ontario, which cost about $70. It was simple and, frankly, I thought butt ugly but then again, I'm the Mom. Anyway, the "in thing" for the girls in her school is to carry cloth bags. They are not allowed to carry their back packs between classes but these cloth bags work really well. Many have, including Lindsey, Vera Bradley bags. They suit the need but she really liked this other $70 one but not the colors.
They suit the need but she really liked this other $70 one but not the colors. It was patchworked with a variety of fabrics. Anyway, it sort of looked like the canvas tote below:
When we went shopping at Joann's we found this pattern the one in the middle (blue one). She bought seven different fabric pieces and one solid one. She is going to make it patchworked on one side, solid on the other side and with two different handles short and long that will attach with big white buttons. I know that we didn't spend more than $70 but with the time involved it will end up costing as much. Fortunately, the pattern was on sale for $3.00 (usual price $20 . . . isn't that a crime). The fabric pieces were $.99/each except for the solid, which for 1 - 3/8 yards cost $2.00. The buttons were the high price items with the total of three costing $5.00.
The really cool thing is seeing her getting excited about this. She is very artsy, has an incredible sense of style (seriously, look at the pic at the top . . . who else would go to the beach with the "right" necklace, matching head band and sunglasses) and will have a total blast with this. I hope!
1 comment:
That's the only sad thing about having boys, no girls to transfer the crafty bug to. You must be so excited.
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