craftgrrl | Thanksgiving wine tote

My first post to show one of my crafts!

I meant to post this right after I did it but time got away from me. Anyway, I made this for my son's fiancee's sister. They invited me for Thanksgiving dinner and I made this tote to carry two wine bottles as a hostess gift. I had all the materials at home, didn't have to spend a dime on it, thanks to my relentless craft supply purchasing. I had the red belt material lying around from another project and finished the ends by holding a lit grill lighter near the cut edges until they melted slightly to keep them from raveling. Since i was using burlap, I decided to let the cut, fraying edges show to make it look more rustic.

This is the detail on the decoration. It's felt with free form machine stitching. The little turkey is just one of those little wooden things that you buy for about 39 cents that I hot glued on.