This year I joined the Bag of the Month Club ( or bagomc.com as it's known). It's a great club that provides a new bag pattern every month by some fabulous bag designers that include Betz White, Mrs. H, Sew Sweetness (Sara Lawson) and Emmaline Bags (Janelle MacKay).
The first of each month is met with anticipation for the pattern that'll be in my email box.In April it was the Gabby Bag by Emmaline Bags. I loved it as soon as I saw it. My first thought was 'what do I have in my stash that'll work?'. Being the Alison Glass frabricaholic that I am, I was immediately drawn to her Sphere fabric (which of course I own just about the entire collection).
But which ones to choose? They're all fabulous but the Vanilla and Pewter really grabbed my eye. Oh, and where those colors meet, some piping would be a-w-e-s-o-m-e! Ruby would be ideal; both for the piping and lining. Yesssss!
So along with the fabric, I needed interfacing, Soft & Stable, zippers,metal rings, and thread (but thread wasn't an issue - I have the Alison Glass Essential Thread Collection of course!). And score one for me...I had everything I need! It's realizations like this that make it all worthwhile to have a stash! I'm also proud to say that one of the zippers and the metal rings were salvaged from other bags.
Inside the bag there's a nice double slip pocket and zipper. I have to say that the directions for the internal zipper were about the best I've ever seen. Worked great!
I was very happy with the outcome. Here's the final result. The pattern has an external zippered pocket which I didn't want - that's the nice thing about making your own bags...you can customize them so they are exactly as you want.
Now just need to decide if I want to make another before I see next month's pattern!
