I’ve been meaning to make these bags for awhile. First up is a knitting notions bag. My old one was too small.

It’s made out of upholstery samples. Years ago I got a company to give me all their fabric samples from the previous season. I’ve made so many bags from them. The inside is lined with linen and I used velcro instead of a zipper.

Next I made a grocery bag out of some upholstery fabric. This will be the last bag out of the samples because I’ve now used them all up.

Prana inspects my work.

Shortly after I made my Che Purse I realized Che’s face was starting to distort from stretching. I handfelted the purse and it turned out great. It’s a bit smaller of course but Che’s face and the dude holding the gun no longer stretch so my work is preserved.

Before felting the purse I knit some swatches to practice handfelting. I put them in my fabric stash planning to make a coin purse one day. The outside:

I lined it with linen and went with a velcro closing. It seemed too small to put in a zipper. It now lives in my Che purse since it matches.