Christmas Project Bag

I've been so many years now into sewing and I still have only one project bag and four (!) ongoing knitting projects, not to mention the sewing and the cross-stichting ones :)

So, today I took a quick browse through my fabric cuttings and selected three fairly matching pieces, that could make a project bag. And then I got my cutting mat and in an hour or so made a new Christmas project bag. 

It is fairly loosely based on the idea in this blog post. Alas, I was too assured of myself, as I had already sewn a project bag a few eons ago, so I did not actually read through the above post and consequently sewed the zipper as I would sew it to a dress, without leaving some space for it to close and lay flat at the opposite end - and as a result it puckers a bit when closed. 

Still, I am quite pleased with my bag and the way I was able to use up these cuttings and I already housed my newly dyed sock yarn in it, as I plan to start knitting these socks around Christmas break.

And I have so much more cotton cuttings, I am really tempted to whip up a few more of these bags soon.

Project Bag

I had been planning a project bag for some time and today I finally made one, 

following the excellent instructions at Noodlehead.

 The bag is 35 x 30 cm, cotton fabric inside and outside, no fusing, jeans bottom.

It already contains this Drops dress WIP from last summer with my every intention to frog it and turn the yarn into something else. Last night I browsed thoroughly through Gail's tutorial notes on Miette. Turns out she is the same bust size as me and made her cardigan with the same modifications I plan so far, so if my gauge is right I'll just follow in her steps. But even if I have to recalculate here and there, the charts, stitch count spreadsheet and general notes will be of tremendous help. Thank you, Gail !!!