A Little Bag for a Friend

I posted Saturday that I was going to try to make a little toiletry bag for a friend who has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. I decided to use Sew4Home's tutorial with a few twists of my own. I finally cut into some more of my Heirloom by Joel Dewberry and I really love how it came together. This particular bag used laminate (the original tutorial only used laminate on the inside of the bag). Since I didn't have any I decided to use some of my Heat n Bond Iron on Vinyl instead. It turned the fabric from what you see on the left to the shiny version on the right.

I didn't have the right length of zipper so I ended up making a Hobby Lobby run this morning before putting this together. I got the whole thing together and accidentally snipped the wrong side of the zipper. I pulled the zipper closed and the pull came off. After 10 minutes of crying and cursing the zipper pull, I finally got it back together and rigged something so the pull wouldn't come off. Then I figured out that I got the liner a tiny bit too close to the zipper in one spot so it caught a bit. Sigh.... I have really got to stop trying to make things at the last minute.

It still turned out really cute. I added a pink ribbon, of course. I figure that kind of suits the awareness of breast cancer as well.  And the laminated liner?

Worked out well. I will say that if you choose this route, keep in mind that the fabric will wrinkle a bit. If you don't have a problem with that, go for it.

I took it by to my friend before she left work today and she was very excited about it. She said her make-up would fit in it perfectly. She's a teacher's assistant and her teacher is also a friend of mine. She saw it and wants me to make a little larger version for a baby gift. I'm thinking of trying a different kind of fabric for the inside.