Sunday, January 2, 2011

Sewing a Rainy Day Tote Bag

I made another tote bag with a simple little design on it. It's been raining a lot lately so the cloud is sad. I love humidity and sunshine! So poor summer weather makes me very sad.
Sad.
Sad.
Sad.
Sad cloud.
Happy jellyfish.


There is something so satisfying about turning this....

Materials!


Into this.....

Sad Cloud Happy Jellyfish

I used natural coloured Cotton Drill fabric for the bag, grey felt for the shapes, black cotton for the rain and legs and embroidery cotton for the faces.
Here is a basic pattern I made using measurements from a bag I bought years ago.

Bag Pattern


 Captions for everything!
I filmed myself making this one, not sure how the footage will turn out yet....

S