Bag Lady

When I was a kid and saw a homeless woman, I called her a bag lady. I don't think I knew she was homeless at the time. I just thought she carried lots of bags. Nothing wrong with that, right?

Now, I aspire to be a bag lady. Maybe not the homeless kind, but the kind who makes lots and lots of beautiful bags!

After showing off (bragging, gloating, whatever you want to call it) my last hobo bag, I had 2 orders come in!

My friend, Angela, needed a spring bag. She entrusted me to go to Joanns to pick out the fabric. Talk about pressure!! I sent text message after text message of pictures of fabrics. No response. Finally I just called her. Her iPhone doesn't receive picture messages (it practically wipes your butt for you, but it wont receive picture messages?). Anyways, I was truly on my own.

I found this gorgeous home decorating fabric and just went with it. Here's the final result!

Isn't she gorgeous! I hope Angela loves it as much as I do!
I still haven't mastered how to read the back of a pattern envelope, so I had too much fabric cut. I conveniently have enough left over for a smaller version of the same bag!



And remember my labels? Here they are!




My second order was from Allison (the girl who made the labels). She wanted the medium size version of the hobo. She went onto Etsy.com and ordered fabric from Fabric Supplies. They have an amazing selection of beautiful fabrics at pretty decent prices! And they we were very fast with their shipping.

The fabric she chose is just perfect for this bag. And I think this bag is the perfect size for a purse.