Thursday, September 22, 2011

The Whatever Bag!

So I was digging in Lil' Hunkie's closet last week and I came upon this.......


.....and guess what fits perfectly inside? My netbook!!! Geez! I had a bag the whole time and didn't necessarily need to make the one from last week! Oh well...now I have a choice! This is the freebie bag from the hospital when I had Lil' Hunkie, it came with supplies/info on breastfeeding. 





It has a pocket inside and on the outside and is insulated.  So I thought I'd add a little something so it could be used as a netbook bag, lunch bag or a whatever bag!!

Supplies:
Fabric
Felt
Pin
Buttons
Lids
Hot glue gun
Basic sewing supplies



I thought I'd try and make a different kind of fabric flower since there's so many choices! 
I started off by tracing and cutting 4 circles of each lid size in the animal print.  And then traced and cut out 2 leaves in the swirl fabric.  These are the cutest choices of fabric our Walmart had that would match the taupe color on the bag!


Then I took one of the bigger circles and folded in half and then half again and glued.  You know the drill....I'm the last crafter to be making these I'm sure!! 


I then glued the 4 bigger folded circles onto a piece of felt...

.....I overlapped them a little.  Then I glued the smaller folded circles on top, overlapped them a little too.

Glued the buttons in the center and then glued the leaves and pin to the back...all done!

Pinned to the front of the bag!  How easy was that?!


Pretty snazzy huh?

See my Link Parties Page for where I'll be having fun at!!

Happy Thursday!!

10 comments:

Shannah @ Just Us Four said...

That looks so great! Isn't it great how something small can make such a big difference?!

Lindsay said...

Adorable! Way to make that look so great! You are do creative, I love it!

Sonya@Beyond the Screen Door said...

So clever! Your fabric flower is the perfect touch!

Jennifer said...

@Shannah Thanks!! It is very great that something small can a big difference!! I don't know what I'd do if it didn't!! Ha!

Heidi Schulz said...

What a cute idea. It went from blah to yay!

Vicky @ Mess For Less said...

I love how you totally rescued that bag. It will really liven up any outfit now. I am a new follower from the Creative Bloggers' Hop. Vicky @ www.messforless.net

Mindie Hilton said...

From drab to fab, great work. Thanks for sharing at Bacon Time.

Chef in Training said...

this looks great! Thanks so much for linking up to Tuesday Talent Show! I would love to have you stop by and link up again tomorrow with more great projects!
-Nikki
http://chef-n-training.blogspot.com/

Rebecca @ My Girlish Whims said...

girl this is so cute! the cheeta print was an excellent choice :)

Thanks for linking up to Your Whims Wednesday! :)

Jennifer said...

@Frantically Simple...thanks so much!!