Comments on Lisa's Carolina | Handmade: a new duffel bag....maybe, maybe not

I have been looking for a new bag to take to the g...

2012-03-31T20:38:09.583-04:00

I have been looking for a new bag to take to the gym! This may be just the one. Thanks for sharing how you did it!

Betsy @ 2nd Story Sewing

Hi Mama Pea ~ one thing I really like about you, i...

2012-03-28T11:08:35.084-04:00

Hi Mama Pea ~ one thing I really like about you, is that you give honest feedback. I should've run the striped fabric by you first as my perception was quite askew with this one. Hey, I know, next time I'll send you a swatch first for your opinion, as you are most definitely correct here!! Maybe if I'd made the bag in a solid color and just used the stripes on the pockets... yes, sigh...
Thank you so much for your wonderful comments!! I so much appreciate what you have to say.

And you're worried about learning how to quilt...

2012-03-27T17:45:56.921-04:00

And you're worried about learning how to quilt??! If you can (basically) make your own pattern for a duffle bag and have it look as good as this one does, I'd say you're one purdy darn good sew-er lady!

Would you throw something at me if I said I think the striped fabric would be better for a female? (I'm ducking . . . ) Like your daughter, I'd gladly carry it, but maybe a solid color would be better for Tom.

All in all though, I think you did a FANTASTIC job on it . . . there's maybe just too much of it. And too jazzy a fabric for a guy. Please don't feel like the Lone Ranger though. Sometimes I wonder where my "perception" faculties have gone when something comes out looking totally different than I had imagined it would. Sigh. I think it happens to us all. Double sigh.