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!!!