I've always been something of a closet crafter. Unwilling to get into conversations in polite company about the latest crafting craze I'm in. And there have been a lot. It started with cooking. Then baking. Then, a lot later, knitting. Papercrafting. Now it's fabric and sewing. I think I'm in love.
About six months ago, while waiting in the grocery store checkout line, I noticed that four of the shoppers ahead of me brought their own reusable grocery bags. I thought of all the hundreds of plastic grocery bags I had stashed in my cupboards at home. I also thought of the thousands of grocery bags that I had blithely thrown into the trash over the years. So I went home and made my own out of some old fabric that used to be my drapes. The bags were really ugly. But it sparked something in me. I've made a lot more grocery bags, using Lisa Lam's excellent tutorial. I'll post the latest version, which was made from some Tommy Bahama fabric I got on sale--just as soon as I get pics downloaded from my camera. Update: here it is:
I finished three of these. It's amazing how much stuff one bag can hold. I could fit all my groceries into three bags, including two gallons of milk. Go me!
My latest sewing fascination is diaper bags. I can't help it, really. I made one from a standard pattern and then the next thing you know, I move into my own pattern. And holy cow, one of my sister's friends wants me to make her one. For money. Yikes.
Here's what I came up with:
And from the side:
My client (yay! client!) was very pleased with the finished product and gave me such nice compliments on it. Whew! One down--hopefully more to go!
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