I recently found a great blog written by the creative and talented Suzanne, Love My Fiber. She was having a giveaway, and I was lucky enough to win it! Thanks Suzanne, you rock!! This arrived in my mailbox on Saturday. It is a kit containing instructions and felt for an applique sweatshirt jacket. The sheep kit is sooo cute, but the jacket really wasn't me. I thought it would be more fun to use the kit to make a bag for my knitting. I am not one to follow recipes or directions, so I changed some of the applique too. In between working on the garden over the weekend, I worked on this. The bag is fully lined, with a flat bottom, so it's sturdy and stands up well. However, I had trouble trying to photograph the sheep with it standing up, so I layed it on the floor for pics. Here's the finished product. The front-
And the back-
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What a fun idea! The bag looks to be a really useful size too.
ReplyDeleteSuper job Janet and sew fast too!!
ReplyDeleteMandy, thanks! The bag is a useful size- it's 16" wide by 15" deep, so it holds a lot.
ReplyDeleteSuzanne, thanks so much, I had fun with this:)
That is too adorable and totally appropriate for holding your wool !
ReplyDeleteVERY cute!
ReplyDeleteDolly, as soon as I saw the sheep, I immmediately thought of knitting wool ;-) That's how I got the bag idea.
ReplyDeleteTanya, thanks!
What a great idea! It looks wonderful.
ReplyDeleteharriet, thanks so much!
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