craftgrrl | Pay it Forward - Giveaway Number Two!

So, you may remember I posted about the first of my Pay it Forward giveaways a couple/few weeks ago, and giftee number two received hers yesterday, so here is number two:

and I had some lovely teals in fabrics ranging from velvets to silk, some purple satin and an aqua/violet/teal print I had picked up at the Textile Museum sale, so I happily went to town.

I had to fiddle a lot with this one - again, I made it with no pattern, and I tried a different technique from Kathryn's which went so badly I had to essentially make the bag again, but I'm really pleased with it in the end, because it's the first time I tried the honeycomb quilting and it turned out really well!

That's a good look at the quilting on the inside of the bag (before I sewed on the binding strips to cover the seams). Neat, huh?

And I also tried making my first little pocket for a cellphone or Ipod

and it turned out well too. So, all in all, I was really happy with experiment number 2.

I'll be doing a tutorial on these bags at my blog after I post the third gift next week, so if you'd like to know more, it's coming up.

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