The One About Inori

I was inspired by the cute little project bags that were made by fellow ravelers for their swap partners in the latest orange swap. Hence I decided to try my hand at making one of them!

Donna, from the Creative Controller blog made one of these bags and pointed me to the pattern here.

I used fabric I bought from Spotlight eons ago. Ironed it out and cut the template,

I meticulously and faithfully traced the seam allowance on both the linings and the main fabric pieces…..

ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THE FIRST STEP OF SEWING WAS TO SEW THE BATTING ONTO THE PIECES which obscured the markings! Duh! Wasted my time! I shall have to use my eye judgment from now on.

Sewing on the batting.

Sheesh…. My indoor pictures really turned out horrible. Sorry folks…

Anyway, everything went pretty smoothly. UNTIL, I misinterpreted the pattern’s instructions and SEWED THE BAG TO ITSELF SHUT!

And I was wondering about the next step: “Pull bag and lining through the opening in lining bottom.”

I was, like, “How?”

Duh.

So I celebrated my blond moment by taking a short chicken wing break after I unpicked the stitches.

I need a lot of practice on the machine. I cannot sew in straight lines! Let alone follow the curves. Let me show you proof:

Go ahead. You are allowed to laugh at me. I know, I’ve let my mum and grannies down. Sigh.

Anyway, here’s the finished product:

It’s pretty roomy!

It’s currently holding Chubbs’ pullover.

Am very happy with the bag and I forsee making more than a few for my friends and family!

Yes. Benji likes it too!