Black and white tote bag

Sept 2012: from a pattern in Handmade magazine (Vol 28, no 11) called Shabby Gal Tote, by Fiona Ransley - with a slight adaptation in that I put five stripes in each panel instead of six and didn't put a big fabric flower on the front (as, of course, it doesn't need one because the birds are the feature!).

 

 Can now (November) reveal that it was a (well-organised in advance for a change!) birthday gift for my friend Megan Lindsay.

 

I, meanwhile, have since bought more of the bird fabric as have used so much of what I had for other projects and intend to use it for something for myself one day!

 

A note to recycling - have used curtain lining for the interfacing and handles - is firmer than the fabric yet still soft.