tote bag goodness

I've been wanting to add bags to the DF line for a while, but hadn't had much of a chance to play and come up with something that was easy to do... yesterday I took a day off from the packing-to-move project, and popped out to town for a few bits that I needed. Dangerously also popped into TK Maxx, and as well as bringing home two dresses, fell in love with the print on a pillowcase... bought it thinking I could make it into something when I got home... and then on the way back it occurred to me that pillowcases would make the loveliest bags!

So I chopped and I sewed and I turned inside out (and I must confess, I stole the idea of stitching the triangle at the corners from the bag-making class I went to the other evening with the girls from work) and I sewed it together and this is the result :)

I'm rather pleased (although it's a terrible photo and definitely needs ironing) and am already experimenting in my head with putting a pocket inside. Will be keeping my eyes peeled for lonely pillowcases, or perhaps just plain pretty coloured ones that I could applique...

I put it on Facebook last night and lots of people have liked it and commented on it, which is encouraging. See, time off work IS useful :)