Flower Button Small Bag

I finally managed to put the lining. I used recycled black fabric (it used to be Hubby’s slack). Also put a zipper. A Zipper is a must, since I don’t want all my things come out if I drop my bag. I want all my things are secured inside.

Here are the lists of things that I can put inside:
1. Name card holder
2. Key chain holder (also function as my wallet)
3. Tissue
4. Camera
5. Hand sanitizer
6. Lip gloss
7. Hand phone

Pattern: Flower Button Small Bag

Source: My Own

Materials: Karabella Vintage Cotton (100% cotton, pink), Honeysuckle Yarns by Elmore-Pisgah (100% cotton, white), Local thread (100% acrylic, black)
Hook: Tulip Crochet Hook size 7 (4 mm)

Total Cost: USD .50 for the zipper, the yarn is leftover, the lining and the button is recycled.

Start Date: 16 January 2007

Finish Date: 16 February 2007
All entry about this project

Took me 1 month to finish this project because I also did other project in between. Also I don’t really like single crochet. It bored me to death. I enjoyed attaching the button, the lining and the zipper, though.

Oh by the way, I forgot to mention that I made this bag because I admired Futuregirl’s bags so much. Before I did this bag, I think her price is in the expensive side, but after made it myself, I think her price is cheap :)

Failed Blanket and A Bag

Remember this granny square blanket project? I decided that I didn’t like the color and put it aside. Then I started another blanket. This time I used one color only. I used the yarn that I bought from Elmore Pisgah. It’s called Naturalee. The color is dusty rose. They used natural dyes. After made about 12 squares, I decided to wash one of the squares to see how it looks like after washing and blocking. To my horror, the color bleeds very badly! But, since I made the blanket only use one color, I supposed it didn’t matter.

But, after it dried, I notice the color faded unevenly. It looked awful! I didn’t even want to take photo of it. I have total 6 balls x 50 gram. I don’t know what I am going to do with them.

Anyway, I still have something to show you all. From the leftover yarn of my Empire top, I decided to make a matching bag. Since 1 ball was not enough to make a bag, I also mixed with white color (the leftover from the Babette blanket). The pink yarn is sport weight, and the white one is worsted weight, so I split the white yarn into two to make them the same weight.



However, there were still not enough yarns to finish the bag. In the end I just used black acrylic thread (double it). The result, the black seems too strong. To balance the whole thing, I just embroidered some flowers and attached some buttons.


Now, I just need to buy black zipper and line the bag before able to wear it.

Lauri's Bags

Remember this Koala backpack? Well, we lost it last December in Border Bookshop, Queensbay Mall. When we went in, Lauri still had the backpack, when we went out, Lauri without the back pack. We did not realize it until almost reaching parking lot. We quickly went back, but no back pack to be seen. We asked the cashier just in case somebody found it and put it in the cashier, but no such luck. The back pack was too cute, I guess.

The Koala Backpack

Anyway, when we went to Surabaya last January, we found the replacement in one of the factory outlets. They have four different models of puppy handbag and one teddy bear back pack, we bought all of them. It’s very cheap. For all 5 bags, we only pay less than USD20,-

Hugging the Teddy Bear Backpack in KLIA

Lauri Holding Puppy Handbag Ready to Go

Another Model of Puppy Handbag

Enough about bag. Today Lauri has new gig. She stood up on top of stool in front of TV, facing the audience (me) holding a pen like it was a mike, then she pretend to sing. When I clapped my hand, she bowed and said: “Thank you, thank you very much.” I think she copy it from American Idol.