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I wanted to go ahead and get my feet wet regarding interfacings, stabilizers and embroidery.  I sure did with this tote.

The sweetest little girl, Sarah, lives across the street from us, and always takes care of our animals when we’re out of town.  She’ll come over to just chat, and often brings us fresh baked cookies, just ’cause   A girl after my own  heart, indeed!  Well, she leaves for sleep-away camp in about a week, and I thought that this, filled with goodies to take with her, would be a nice send-off.

Aside from the enormous mistakes that I’ve been able to (mostly) hid, the bag came out pretty well.  I because well-acquainted with some of the different interfacings, as well as stabilizers.  And best of all, I finally got to make use of my embroidery unit! Yay!

The brown ribbon at the top was used to cover up some mistakes, but it turns out that I really like what it did for the bag.  It definitely gave it a little more flair, which is always good!

Here’s the pattern front:

The fabrics used for this were purchased at Wee Scotty in San Francisco.  The dots and stripes go so nicely together, I think.

UPDATE: Sarah adored the bag! I was thrilled!  Until I told them that  I had made it, they thought I had purchased this bag and simply had it embroidered at the store.  Nice compliment, indeed