Here’s “One Tote Fits All” from Denyse Schmidt Quilts. I made it for my mom for Christmas, and finished it just in time for the mail man to deliver it to Idaho on Christmas Eve. I had other bags in the works for other recipients, but this is the only one that got finished… and is still the only one finished.

Last time my mom came to visit she had a big nylon tote bag from some computer conference my dad went to. It was good sized, fit her purse, had a pocket for a water bottle and the various other things she needed to carry on the plane. I decided she needed something much cooler, though. So, here it is. I altered the pattern a bit and made a separate lining so that I could put in some pockets. Now she can carry all her stuff, water bottle and all, in style.

Maybe I’ll get the other one I started done so I can carry it on the plane to Denyse’s workshop this Saturday.

Probably not, though–because that would mean I would have to wade through and tidy up my craft room. Hmmm…

I forgot to say: The lighting in the picture is bad. The bottom fabric is a dark brown, not black. And the blue–it was my first try at hand dying fabric, and I like how it turned out. I couldn’t find the color I wanted, so I made it with Rit and it worked.