My best friend's birthday was two days ago (oops), and I already told her that I was making her something for her birthday, but it wasn't done, but I'd have it to her before the end of the week. Of course, that meant that I had to make time to make it. I had bought the material, it was a matter of cutting it out and assembling it. As I mentioned in my last post, I goofed up and forgot to sew the pockets on BEFORE seaming the sides and bottoms of each section together. Rather than frog the whole thing, I just improvised, and the pockets are on, and I don't think it looks too bad. I had also hoped to make an edge border and handle with the scraps. Well, let's just say that a) the edges looked good enough without the hiding border that I decided to skip it, and b) the scraps were too thin to make a proper handle. So, fortunately having leftover material, I could make another handle with much less problems. I also did a lot less seaming this time. My top seams to sew everything together were generally good. I put a second seam for reinforcement that didn't look as good, but it wasn't as glaring as it was the first time I make a tote bag.
The other thing was that I made this bag a lot bigger. I figured that I wanted it to be big enough to carry her MP3 player, some magazines and a novel or two. I think it's just the right size in that respect. Additionally--ooh, I got fancy with this one-- it's reversable. Yes, reversable. That gives it some flexibility too. :-)
So, without further ado, here is my Birthday Tote Bag:
Just so you know, the color of this bag is a periwinkle blue with lime spots.
Conversely (or reversely),
Here it is on the other side. For some reason, the colors didn't come out the same, even though it's on the same spot on the floor, and both photos were without flash. Weird. I'd say the colors in the first photo are more close to accurate.
So, tada! There are still imperfections, but I think my friend will like it. I'm pleased with it.
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