My First Messenger Bag
posted by Kate on 1/02/2007 | Link To This Post | 1 comments
OK, this is probably the last of my Christmas gift posts, although I may venture another. The Christmas season does last until January 6th, although everyone driving all of this commercial nonsense would have you believe that it ends sundown on Christmas day. But that is a rant that doesn't really belong on this blog.
I made this messenger bag for my sister-in-law, and she loved it. I'm so glad when homemade gifts are really appreciated. You always have to be careful who you bestow them upon - some people think that "homemade" is the equivalent of "junk". Of course, I am undoubtedly preaching to the choir since people who read this blog most likely value homemade things.
Wow, I sure like getting off track today. ANYWAY, Erin (seen here) is currently starting her second year of volunteer service at Nazareth Farm - a Catholic community that provides home repair in rural West Virginia to those who need it and can't afford it (I am really oversimplifying their mission. Click on the link if you want to read more). I figured that she could use a sturdy bag for work and decided to jazz it up with the Farm's logo.
The logo was made as a freezer paper stencil and painted on with a mixture of fabric and craft paint. It was made with the assistance of my husband. Pat always laments that the gifts I make are really from me, even though his name also appears on the gift tag. I repeatedly suggest that he can help make them, but he has no interest in sewing. So, I saw an opportunity here for a non-sewing project he could take part in. I had him cut out the stencil from the freezer paper using an exacto knife. He complained that it was most tedious - and it certainly was - but he was able to put his name on the gift tag and feel that it belongs there this time. Well, actually, I wrote his name on the gift tag, but you get the idea. Right?
And, I've put off adding a post to the latest Whiplash competition for far too long. I had considered entering the drawstring bag I made for Simon's blocks, but it's been so long that I decided to enter this bag instead. It obviously fits in the "gift" category.
I made this messenger bag for my sister-in-law, and she loved it. I'm so glad when homemade gifts are really appreciated. You always have to be careful who you bestow them upon - some people think that "homemade" is the equivalent of "junk". Of course, I am undoubtedly preaching to the choir since people who read this blog most likely value homemade things.
Wow, I sure like getting off track today. ANYWAY, Erin (seen here) is currently starting her second year of volunteer service at Nazareth Farm - a Catholic community that provides home repair in rural West Virginia to those who need it and can't afford it (I am really oversimplifying their mission. Click on the link if you want to read more). I figured that she could use a sturdy bag for work and decided to jazz it up with the Farm's logo.
The logo was made as a freezer paper stencil and painted on with a mixture of fabric and craft paint. It was made with the assistance of my husband. Pat always laments that the gifts I make are really from me, even though his name also appears on the gift tag. I repeatedly suggest that he can help make them, but he has no interest in sewing. So, I saw an opportunity here for a non-sewing project he could take part in. I had him cut out the stencil from the freezer paper using an exacto knife. He complained that it was most tedious - and it certainly was - but he was able to put his name on the gift tag and feel that it belongs there this time. Well, actually, I wrote his name on the gift tag, but you get the idea. Right?And, I've put off adding a post to the latest Whiplash competition for far too long. I had considered entering the drawstring bag I made for Simon's blocks, but it's been so long that I decided to enter this bag instead. It obviously fits in the "gift" category.
1 Comments:
This lovely bag has accompanied me to all my site visits and worksites and is sitting next to me on the floor in our local library as I write this! It is truly a fantastic, practical satchel.
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