During the holidays I was playing around with a new skirt for Charlotte but it needed a band at the front with elastic at the back and I put it in the too hard basket. While I was looking at my crudely drawn design I thought it would also make a great bag. So I drew it up and cut the pattern and then it got too hot to sew so it sat there for a while. Then I saw this post and threw my cut out pieces on the scrap pile.

Fast forward to Handmade Help and I was thinking about what I could make to send to Gillian to auction and I dug my pieces out of the scrap heap and this is what happened
I used a really nice canvas as the base and an Alexander Henry fabric on top. The bag actually turned out much bigger than I anticipated because I thought it looked too small so added side and base gussets, it's got three large pockets inside, magnetic closed and a long strap. It would actually make a nice nappy bag as it would hang off prams handles well or even a good bag for uni or work stuff. Anyway if you like the look of it keep an eye out on Gilly's site for the auction details.
I also took part on the EB Haby swap and got this parcel from Carolyn. Thanks heaps it's great.