Monday, January 18, 2010

A "Little" Break and Some Other Stuff...

So I took a break from working on my “little” project for the “Felt Smack Down” contest.

My Daughter has needed a new dance bag for a while now.  She is in more dance classes and has 3 pair of shoes now so needed a larger bag.  I finally got around to making what I wanted for her.   So first the happy part: I made her a drawstring bag with one outside pocket and four inside pockets for her shoes and what not.  Looks cute doesn’t it?

1-18-2010 028 I love the fabric.  I bought it like a year ago meaning to use it for something like this and me being me, just “re-discovered” it.1-18-2010 029Now the sad part:  I designed it myself.  Great you say…not so much I say.  I didn’t allow for enough width so it’s just a tiny bit too narrow.  I didn’t allow enough length on the tabs on the sides so I couldn’t thread the strings through and had to jury rig it with elastic bands.  The biggest mistake I made was that I didn’t allow enough room at the top for the cord channel. So as a result, the top won’t close down snuggly. Typical me.  I added Velcro in the top so that it will stay closed.

On a positive note, and most importantly, my Daughter loves it! 

4 comments:

Dena said...

I'm sorry it didn't go together quite right. But it is such a cute little bag.

I can remember taking ballet as a young girl. Between leotards, dance belts, tights, toe shoes... I never had enough room in my bag.

Cindy Is Crafty said...

Just consider it the dry run for the next one! :O)

Allie said...

It's darling!!!! Hardly anything I design comes out right the first time - it always needs some tweaking. The important thing is it looks wonderful and your daughter loves it!

Dandelion Quilts said...

What a cute little bag....I just love the girliness of it all.