Sewing Bag

As I put my sewing stuff away from my angel cross stitch (see previous post), I was complaining how annoying my organisation of all my stuff was. So then I thought - I should make something large which can hold all the stuff which is in small containers everywhere!

So I pulled out my Jane Austen sewing book, took a glance at some 'huswife' (weird bag things) images, and then drew up a design and made this:

(It's not that wonky looking in real life!)

I must say that I surprised even myself with how smoothly everything worked out! I pretty much designed the whole thing myself, and I definately hand-sewed the entire thing by myself. There is a layer of lining which cannot be seen, to pad it out a bit, and a different colour on the outside - so in the bits with the pockets, there's four layers of fabric going.



This is it all folded up :D



I must admit I stole the scissors tie thing off the Jane Austen sewing book. That wasn't my idea. But I didnt follow the instructions at all - only the picture! I hate following instructions. And it's so much more satisfying knowing you designed it yourself - that's why I hand-sew everything, far more satisfaction!