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Makayla's Bag

8/24/2013

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Earlier this year I made a cute "under the sea" themed baby blanket and burp cloths for our good friends Carolyn & Josh and their daughter Makayla.  Recently, Carolyn mentioned that she'd like to have a small zippered bag for toys and books to take to and from daycare/babysitter and she'd love to have one that matched her stuff.  So of course I was happy to make her one :) 
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It was a pretty close call because I barely had ANY of the fabric left and I wasn't sure how I was going to make it work!  I ended up sewing some strips of the scraps together to make the front and then using a little bit of the coral to do the same embroidered "M" on it.
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For the back, I was out of the blues and ocean fabrics so i used the same coral fabric on the back of this bag as the "M" and then I embroidered her name on that side.
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On the sides and top you can see I used the same white fabric from her quilt borders.  Then I added a white zipper to keep it closed with a little ribbon for the zipper pull.  When I started the bag I wasn't sure if I should make handles or what to do about that part but I happened to have some gray webbing leftover from Ryan's Lifejacket Bag and figured it would make a great strap.  Plus I think having something on the ends to hold while pulling the zipper is always helpful.  I ended up leaving the bag un-lined since it has a pretty nice interfacing in it to cover seams and such but if anyone has tips for making a lined bag this shape - please share!!

I don't make very many bags that are square and zippered so it was nice to get a little more practice.  And I was SOO happy to get a visit from the Horsts!  I can't believe it's been 5 months since we've seen them!  Makayla's gotten so big since we saw her last :)
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