There's a first for everything!

Welcome to my first post about a bag! (wooooo) As most people who read this blog know, I'm very much a cushion person :P And quilts - I can do quilts too. But i've never properly had a need to make other items such as bags. UNTIL NOW!

Yes, thats right. I decided that I needed a bag. You see, I had just bought myself some dance shoes and as such felt that they needed their own little bag! (Excuses excuses, I know!) But hey... It cant be all bad cause this is the final product!

I found a free walk-through on someone's blog (thank you!), altered the measurements slightly because I didn't need one as big as was being suggested, and also altered the strap so it was different to theirs. It was actually a really simple pattern! So simple that I finished it in a morning effectively!
The funny thing is - I still don't have my shoes so I have no idea whether they'll actually fit inside. I may have gotten slightly too impatient waiting, and then became bored. The two together are a disastrous combination sometimes.

The fabrics I used (as they only used two different fabrics) - one for the outside, another for the lining - were literally two I had a lot of in my stash. The hieroglyph fabric, well. What can I say? Everyone is going to know the bag is mine, thats for sure! :D At least i've finally found a use for the fabric. I was scared it was going to sit in my box for years on end! Plus, I had enough that if I went wrong it wouldn't have been the end of the world.
I did establish that because the pattern was so simple I could spruce it up slightly - Maybe add a pocket on the inside/outside - or maybe I could actually make it patchwork by making the pieces of fabric from lots of smaller pieces

I HAVE SO MANY IDEAS!!!

Thank the fabric!

And here is the lovely lovely cushion cover that prompted me to put my older ones up on Etsy

I literally sat there and thought, I want to sew today, but I can't because I have way too many already.
So, I put them on the website and my conscience was fine with me making another :)
Its so pretty. It is in fact a log cabin design, with each 'layer' getting fatter and fatter - I thought it would make it look slightly different to normal. 

So simple, yet so gorgeous as a final product. I did have a couple of problems with it though, and when I say problems, I mean idiocy on my part. I accidentally sewed the back to the wrong side of the front half - meaning I had to unpick it ALL! Sad times :(

This cushion will also be on Etsy at some point so go look if you're interested in buying!

And here we go...

I DID IT!

I've been talking about this for months - I've finally opened an Etsy shop to start selling my pieces. I don't know how well it'll work but I think it's worth trying!

After all, you never know until you try!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/LouisePatchworkPatch

Check it out, pass it on. I'm hopefully going to be adding everytime I make something now, so they wont just be sitting in my room!

Eeee this is so exciting :D