In the Bag

The Chick has been doing a lot of traveling with the youth group (as our pocketbook will attest) lately. A couple of the more recent ones have been weekender trips. But she pretty much always takes the same small suitcase. That works fine but I was recently at Hancock's and found this pattern.

McCall's 3693

By the way, if you live near a Hancock's, I would highly recommend getting on their mailing list. They routinely (almost monthly and sometimes several times in a month) put a certain brand of pattern on sale for $1 for several days. I got this one during a 5 for $5 sale on McCall's patterns. And I didn't have to buy 5 either. The marked price on the envelope is $13.95. Not too bad a deal.

I thought I might try making her a weekender duffle bag. Using some fabric I already had, this is what I came up with.

When I initially cut out the pieces, I thought there was no way it would be as big as I wanted. Well, it's slightly bigger. It worked out to just about a perfect size for a weekend away.

It's not exactly a way to tell the size, but that white spot over there is Nipper's tushie.

I still have to line it. This fabric is like a denim or canvas so I didn't put any fleece facing on it as suggested. That may be why I had to stuff it with the Sunday paper to show it to you. But I like it quite a bit. I love this color green ...

And the handy little pocket on the side.

The Chick probably won't be quite as fond of the fabric but this was my try out for the pattern. Now I should make one that she'll like, I suppose.

I'll just make the sacrifice and use this one myself.

Ah, a mother's love.