These photos may not look like much, but in actuality they show ~14 re-usable shopping bags in progress. The pattern I am using is Michelle Patterns Grocery Bag PDF pattern. I like making the large size. With the exception of the chihuahua fabric that you can spy in the top photo, pretty much all of the fabrics are Christmas/Holiday fabric.
I had wanted to make these bags prior to this past Christmas, but didn't end up getting them done. So, I figured I would get a head start for the next Christmas. My plan is to give them as gifts or even use them as gift wrapping- a gift inside a gift, if you will. I had hoped to finish them already, but I have been slowed down by a bug this week. So maybe they'll get finished up over the weekend. I'll be sure to post more photos of the completed bags.
3 comments:
great idea! hope you feel better soon.
Good job - you'll be ahead of the game for next Christmas - and you'll love not having to rush around that the last minute kicking your own butt for not having started earlier :D Ask me how I know that, lol! I frequently give bags as gifts --- it's the gift that they can keep and use, or give away without guilt! I did a duck themed gift for one of my great nephews this past Christmas - I tucked the little ducky items into a duck drawstring bag (from a book called Fast Fun and Easy Critter Bags). My niece fell in love with the bag and regifted it to someone else to share the cute :D That's an excellent reaction to a gift, so I'll be making her a few more from the book :)
Feel better soon!
Using them as a gift bag is a wonderful idea --- a two-fer! The fabrics are beautiful.
Hope you are feeling better soon.
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