Tote Bags - Tote Bags - Tote Bags!

Many of you have asked me to get together a supplies list and teach this as a class. Let me know who is interested. Maybe we can do it at a retreat. Send me dates in June that you are available and maybe we can get it set up.

Here is a tote-bag that I made for a very special friend. I have had it done for quite some time but she follows my blog and I knew if she saw it she would know. I gave it to her last night at the Manteca quilt guilde meeting so I am now sharing the pictures with you.

Here is a picture of the inside. It has a total of four pockets. It opens up huge.

Here is a tissue holder that matches. I was able to use a lot of the little scraps this way.

Here is the credit card holder. I added a wrist strap so now I call this the wristlet.

Here is the inside. I usually use one big piece of velcro on the top and bottom. But it would have covered up the face of the skull so I changed this one so you could still see her smiling face.

Boy am I getting good at putting in these zippers. Not that they are my favorite thing, but I do not have a problem with them anymore. I guess all it takes is a good set of instructions.

Jenn always has her calendar close by so I made a matching cover for her. I hope she likes it and is able to use it. After I had this whole set done I found out her favorite color is turqoise. I hope that these are cute enough that the pink will grow on her.

While I was camping I also made this journal cover for Jenn. But I planned on her using it for all of the patterns that she creates. So now she can have a book full of all her original designs. I am hopful that she will share some of these designs.

I have made a few of these before. Amber asked me to change the pattern a bit by adding a built in bookmark. I hope it works well. I am planning on making this version in my colors to put pictures of all my quilts in. Look at all the scrap pieces I used for this. I had very little fabric left over.

So here is the entire set. I trully enjoy making these gift sets. It make it nice to have everything matching. Amber and I cannot wait to make versions for us.

This is the tote-bag that we created for the person that has been giving to Amber all year in the Manteca Quilt Guilde Secret Pals.

Here is a view of one of the sides. I think it looks so cute.

This is a view of the back or the other front. ;^)

The last side. It turned out so cute.

Here is the inside with all of the pockets and matching items.

The matching Coin/Make-up/Sewing purse using some of the scraps.

Here is the calendar cover. I was running out of scraps. But Amber still thinks that it turned out perfect.

I like how the tissue holder turned out. It has a lot of character.

Here is the outside of the wristlet for credit cards.

This is the inside of the wristlet. Amber liked how the inside was so colorful.

So here is the entire gift set. I hope you enjoyed see all of our labors of love.