It only took me a month after picking up
Anna Maria Horner's new book
Seams to Me to actually try one of the patterns. Everything just looked so fun and cute, I didn't know what to try first. I ended up making the I'll Have One of Everything Bag. I am anxiously awaiting a sure to be fantastic custom bag from Etsy and was in a bag mood. It was a very easy pattern and there were very few problems. I was pleasantly surprised. Here at school I don't have room for a permanent place to sew so it is pretty tedious to drag everything out when I get in the mood to sew, but it was definitely worth it. I'm really happy about how it turned out. Without any further ado:
The big picture.
Close-up for the fabrics.
The lining fabric.
I went with black and white mostly because I didn't trust myself to pick out 8 colorful fabrics that actually looked good together and not like a mess. Haha. Plus I love black and white fabrics. Most of the fabrics are Alexander Henry (LOVE!) and M'Liss Rae (from JoAnn's). I have been hoarding my AH fabrics forever, I love it too much to do something with it. What was nice about this project is that it took such little of each fabric. Less than 1/4 yard. Perfect.
The only thing I think I'd do different next time is to first of all buy thinner interfacing, and possibly make the opening of the bag larger, for easier use. Overall though, I came away smiling :)
