You’ve been very kind and indulged my obsession with Jeff Lorber without rolling your eyes too much. I promise not to talk about his music again until at least the end of March.
Yesterday, Croque-Choux showed a tote bag that she had made of decorator fabric, and today she linked to a removable totebag organizer from the Martha Stewart website. That reminded me that I had not shown you this tote bag that I made some time ago.
It’s made of sailcloth and lined with a weird batik that I bought for next to nothing on somebody’s sale table, somewhere, somewhen. (I get a lot of my strange fabrics that way.)
The outside pocket is made from an odd dark blue velvet that reminds me of nothing so much as the upholstery of my great-grandmother’s horsehair living room set. I lined and stipple-quilted it, trying to change the texture a bit, but it still makes me think of horsehair.
I really like my little fishes. Most Pisces fishes that you see are swimming around in circles, chasing each others’ tails, but these… isn’t she just adorable, trying to trap him into a kiss?
On the inside of the appliquéd pocket flap, I wrote a bunch of the key words applying to the sign of Pisces.
The only thing that I don’t like about it is that I should have put pockets in the lining. I usually carry an organizer purse, and I really like to have everything where I can put my hands on it at once.
Sounds like a good excuse to make another, don’t you think?
