7 Months In The Making

Spring Break this year I borrowed this pattern from my cousin Lisa, she made this awesome bag and I wanted one. When I got the pattern from her, I found this really cute fabric to use. Bought it. And there it sat in the bag until about a week ago (that's seven months).

This school year I babysit two kids, a four month old girl and a two an half boy, during the day. So my days are filled. But last week both kids that I watch were sick for a week, so my days opened up. I wanted to get Alycia a gift for her birthday and so I made her a bag too. I made them both at the same time. It made the process a little longer, but I got them done.

This the bag that I made for me. It is a little bigger then Alycia's but I like it still. I chose this fun orange for the inside that matches the butterflies on the outside and the dots on the handles. I love the bag it makes me Happy.

I bought the amount of fabric that it asked for on my bag, and I had a lot of fabric left over. So when I bought the fabric for Alycia's bag I bought less (the amount that I thought that I needed) but it turned out that hers it had a bird on it that I should of accounted for when getting the fabric,so that all the birds would be going the same way. I made hers 1 1/2 inch smaller on each side. Made it smaller but I liked it. For the inside I used a baby blue fabric with white circles on it.

This is the first time I use an Amy Butler pattern, but I really enjoyed it. It was easy to understand and she walked you through each step, to where you could understand what you are doing. I can't wait to try another pattern of hers. Check out some her free patterns or see what other patterns she has at her website www.amybutlerdesign.com.