Finished My Tote Bag!

I have very recently become friends with an awesome old lady. Her name is Louise H. and she is the mother of Brian's best friend, C. They live together and he takes care of her. She is pushing 80. And in early January we started visiting them because Brian was working on a car for C.

Well, while Brian got his man hands good and dirty, Amy got to have many conversations with this cool lady. Although, her body has been failing her, she is still sharp as a tack and her deep southern accent lets you know right away that she's not originally from around these parts. A veteran mother of 4, she always has cool advice and hilarious stories.

She took a liking to Aria and I and has been giving us random little (and big) presents. Among these nifty gifts, a deep dish 10" cast iron skillet, a bottle of delicious almond tequila, some clothes for Aria, and ,the best present ever, a like-new sewing machine!

Determined to let her see that I deeply treasure this present, I vowed to make something and fast!

I realized I needed a new tote when I started my kickboxing class and had nothing to carry my boxing gloves and sneakers in! So I looked to my diaper bag for a model, ran out to Joanne Fabrics to get the necessary supplies and began my gym tote about a week ago!

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I definitely consider myself a novice and I see that the lines lack neatness but I am so proud of myself!

I had to limit sewing time to after baby's bedtime and try to work studying in. I made it two tone. Red on the inside and the paisley on the out. I also finagled a zipper on the inside! So not beautiful but precious to me!