My First Bag - A Gift for Marisa

Marisa makes weighted beaded crocheted blankets. I wanted to make her a craft bag to keep all of her supplies in and created this one based loosely on the Robert Kaufman Sew Travel Bag free pattern. 

There are two dotty fabric pockets divided for tool placements, a tool/key ring and a fabric strip that is divided to run her yarn through. The center pocket made of Essex Linen and Tula Pink handmade fabric lining. The lily of the valley box has some sewing room basics including measuring tape, pins, Wonder Clips, alphabet magnets, a seam roller, and a couple seam rippers. In the soft front pocket Tula Pink fabric, there are two Essex Linen & dotty fabric lined Foldover Mini Pouches, Aneela Hoey patterns. There are digital PDF options for a small fee online but purchasing her books were much less expensive options. I absolutely love her patterns and illustrations. 

The handwork was a little more challenging than I expected. There were just a few spots that would normally take maybe 20 minutes to complete but I had to take breaks frequently and actual sewing time had to be at least 45 minutes. I know more practice will help. 

Happy Sewing,

Heather