Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Another Flea Market Bag



I'm just so excited about this bag! It's made from pillow ticking (from an old feather pillow), an old embroidered doily, and some polka dot fabric -- love me some polka dots, especially white on red.



The ticking fabric had limitations -- size: slightly too small for the pattern; condition: a couple of stains. So I made the bag slightly smaller than the first flea market bag I did and used the exterior pocket and a little button heart to cover the stains.


I also had to use some canvas for the interior of the top placket and had to piece the handles just a bit to get the right length. (So pleased about the change of stripe-direction piecing on the handles.) And I lined the handles with the red/white dots.

Love!

3 comments:

Alicia said...

Great Bag! Love the stripes with the polka dots, too. Good job!

Andrea said...

Great bag! I like it.

heather at wordplayhouse® said...

Oh, my! I just love this sweet bag so much!