A New Bag Idea
Has anyone else noticed a disturbing scramble-to-make-a-gift-at-the-last-minute trend on this blog this year? Or, probably more likely, every single year? I swear that I DO make things ahead of time, but it seems like they're never quite right for the person or the occasion or whatever. So, the other day I got an idea for a bag that would still be cute without having to be personalized at the last minute. After making the fall ribbon table runner, I wanted to play around with ribbons more and luckily--prepare yourselves for a shock--already have a decent stash of ribbon. Astounding, I know. I struggled a bit with the table runner because I was trying to attach ribbon to a cotton fabric with batting and backing, and it was a challenge to keep it straight. So I decided to try a heavier fabric, so in my trip to the Ontario Joann fabrics I picked up some bottom-weight fabric. Color selection in the nonstretch ones was rather limited, so white wo...