I love making things for all of the darling little loves in my life. Christmas is especially fun because I get to create for nieces and nephews. This year I made one particular gift that I really, really do not want to wrap up and send on its way.
When my shiny new copy of Girl’s World showed up on the doorstep, not only did I drool over the sumptuous photography, I immediately fell in love with the Penelope Purse. It looked sturdy and adorable and generously sized (for a child, which mean perfectly little-sized for me). I whipped this baby up for my beautiful niece, Brooklyn, who wanted an art kit. I found some quarter-sheet-sized art paper pads for different artistic mediums, and the usual complement of crayons, watercolors, markers and pencils. Don’t you think it will make the most adorable carry-all for her art supplies?
(Special thanks to Lu for being my model so you could see it “in action”.)
I knew before I cut into my fabric that I should just construct two of them at the same time, one for my niece, and one for me. But, with the Christmas rush I thought it best to postpone the construction of my own bag until after the holidays. So instead I refuse to wrap it and find myself strategically placing Penelope so that I can catch little glimpses of her throughout the day. I LOVE the lining, but I do not have enough of that perfect lime polka-dot to make an exact replica for me. Whatever shall I do? (And man, oh, man, am I going to be sad when I finally run out of that pink paisley.) All I can say is: Brooklyn, if you ever get tired of this bag, I will be happy to take it off your hands.
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