A Big City Bag

yesterdays sewing for me was to make up a new tote bag.

i had been wanting to do a few things:

1. try a strap using some swivel hooks and d-rings

2.  try out a pattern from the book Big City Bags by Sara Lawson

3.  use some yummy fabric i had in my stash -- pink birds and a heavy linen

so in this project i got to kill three birds with one stone!

overall, i am pretty excited about this new bag.

i love the way the strap went together, and it is nice to use with the swivel in it

i love the shape of it, and its a size that seems like it will be pretty useful, 

this is the book with the pattern in it

the pattern pieces were spot on in terms of fitting together.   i was glad that i was already familiar with how to do a zipper, because i couldnt understand her instructions.   

Overall, it was a good project, and I love my new tote!