Yesterday I was all about totes. I had the whole day off (well, let's not kid here: I had a sick 7 year old home and a 1 yr old playing with fabric scraps at my feet while I sewed), but still: I COULD SEW! There are so many KINDS of free time, as you know.
So I sewed totes.
Here's the first one, which I have already claimed as a purse, since I am tired of carrying around my camo diaper bag.
The very best thing about this bag is that it's made of that SUPER ROUGH POLYESTER that women wore pants out of in 1973. So really all that can happen to it is that it might melt if I accidentally stand too close to the oven or trip at a bonfire.
The second best thing about this bag is that it's lined. Here's the inside:
But this is the best part: my very own sarcastic commentary sewn right onto my purse. Just right for the moment when somebody annoys me. My purse already says REALLY? Excellent. I'm ready to face the world.
I also made this MEGA TOTE by taking a pattern from this book and exposing it to that same radioactivity that happened on Gillian's Island that made the vegetables huge. And, like the veggies, I'd like to report that the bag turned into something monstrous and strange. Cute though. Who doesn't want a monster beach tote with monkeys designed right into Rich Lady upholstery fabric? C'mon.
The lining is a diamond-patterned SUPER ROUGH POLYESTER (you see I can't get enough of the stuff).
It has a sassy little big outside pocket that appears to have no function beyond style at its current size. (In the smaller version, you're supposed to shove your newspaper in it, I think.) And two smaller ones that actually could help.
So: TOTES! Has everybody already made these and I'm just behind? Probabbbbbbbbllleeeeeeeeee.
I'm going to make another TJ Tote next. I still have more polyester . . .
