A bunting bag for my girl.

My daughter Carrie does a "Friday's Favorites" feature on her blog and I always look forward to seeing what shows up there. Last week one of the items on her list was a tote bag with bunting sewn across the front (she found it here). When I see stuff like that our typical conversation usually goes like this:

Me: "Oooh! Do you want me to make that for you?"
Carrie: "No, I want to make it myself..."

{a bit of a flashback from when she
was 2 and would say, "Carrie do it!"}

And then {because she's a busy girl} it doesn't get made and I'm left itching to do it but I don't dare cross that line once I've been told not to... However, when I saw the cute bunting tote bag I didn't ask her...I just went ahead and made one for her.

:o}
I'm learning.

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In case you're curious, here's how I did it:

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For the flags I ironed fabric together back-to-back with fusible webbing then cut the triangles. I didn't want to sew around each one, and wanted to keep it from fraying so the webbing worked great. I used canvas fabric for a sturdy bag, sewed one side together, opened it up and laid out the flags in the pattern I wanted them.

Then I used masking tape to hold the flags in place while I sewed them on. The canvas is so thick that pinning wasn't an option. {Side note: I bought this light blue masking tape at my local art supply store. It's a lot cheaper than "Happy Tape" - which makes me happy in itself.}

I stitched across the top twice with teal thread {Carrie's favorite color}.

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I had fun making it and Carrie loved it.
I want to make more...if it's ok with Carrie.
;o}