Bagsy that!

Having had a foray into cute purse making, I figured that simple cotton bags may also be fun. And we all know about women and bags and there not being enough etc etc. Again, it's the wonderful and irresistible cotton prints that make these things just too easy to make.

For the green number I bought a medium-weight cream-coloured calico. The handles were part of an old tablecloth I'd picked up. The other petals were just bits of pillowcase, a blouse and a skirt. I think it's lined with an old pillowcase too. I ran it up on the machine but hand-stitched the petals using invisible thread. The buttons cost me 10p! 10p I ask you?! They were from the most amazing haberdashers - you go in for a packet of pins and end up spending 3 days in there. You get the picture.

This one was a gift for my wonderful friend Rosie. I fell totally in love with the fabric when I clapped eyes on it. It is lined in red and I stitched seed beads and sequins at various points onto the front. It was, I admit, very difficult to give away! But there's a small piece of the fabric left over in my stash and it's got my name on it!