Tuesday, February 03, 2009

messenger bag


I made this cute bag from a felted sweater & navy wool felt. The pattern is from Betz's Warm & Fuzzies. The felt is fused to the sweater bits on the strap & flap. This gives the strap real body & should stand up to real use & abuse!
she also has a new book coming out any day now called Sew Green
I love all things green!!

3 comments:

Kate Robertson said...

Oh I love this, beautiful and functional. Are patterns to make a messenger bag readily available, like with a national pattern company? I think I'd like to make one.

Thanks.

Kate

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mel m. m. mccarthy said...

Stunning! I love the fuzziness of it and the colours are so rich. I always wanted to make something out of old cashmere sweaters. I need to get off my butt & learn to sew. Well I guess I'd still be sittin on my butt at a sewing machine, hehe but at least I'd have sewn things, LOL. I wanna try and hem my sheer fancy fabric for curtains. Think I will do it by hand since I don't have the right needle in my 80 yr old machine... Hugs n kisses, Gabby absentee neice OXOXOXO