Here is my mystery project that I gave you a glimpse of yesterday. I made myself a new tote bag for the new school year. It will be just perfect for lugging home all of the papers that I will have to grade. Plus, it is washable! The whole bag is pieced and machine quilted by me. I used 3 Sister’s “Martinique” jelly roll and a yard of heavy weight blue ticking fabric. I also used some of the left over pot holder batting instead of just regular batting because I wanted it to be more heavy-duty. I also lengthened the straps to 26″ instead of 21″. Where did I get this wonderful idea? Right here on the Moda BakeShop Blog. I am so happy with the finished project, and actually since each of the inside seams are covered with binding, it is just as cute inside out. It reminds me of a Vera Bradley bag except that I love these fabrics and never really like the fabrics on her bags.
Here are a few more pictures. Oh and I added buttons to where the handles attach. Just a little shine!
The front:
The back:
Here is the inside. Lots of room!
Another project finished!
A Dilettante of Fruition 
Excellent bag!!
I’m glad you liked the direction.
Glenn
Excellent bag!
I’m so glad the directions worked well for your project.
thank you for checking out my tote on Moda.
Glenn
IT’s wonderful and beautiful. You did a great job!!
Love the fabrics and colors! You should be very proud of it and yourself. It will be perfect for school.
That is a great tote and a really nice choice of fabrics… Love the bound seams.
Great job Erica, I really like the school bag that you made. You should be very proud of it, and it sounds like it will be wonderful for school. A new bag for a new job at a new school—–how great is that?
Love You and have a great weekend
Grandma
I love the bag. It really came out nice. I love your blog too, it
is very inspiring. I want to get all my unfinished quilts and
cross stitch projects going. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks, Linda and everyone else for your kind comments. I’m so glad you all are enjoying the blog!