A tricky messenger bag and my first sweet peas..

I have made my third messenger bag from this brilliant tutorial over at mmmcrafts.

The first two I followed to the letter and they worked beautifully, but I decided that I would make this one just slightly smaller and that was my first mistake!

The pocket on the back is a bit low but it will do.

I then decided to reinforce the strap with iron on interfacing and when I had sewn it up into a tube I couldn't for the life of me get it the right way out and ended up unpicking (my least favourite thing) it and sewing it with right sides out- what a palaver!

I was pleased with the lining made from a recycled shirt and the outside corduroy was also recycled from a pair of trousers.

Must dash, I am now off to be a taxi!!

Some pretty colours from cornflowers and poppies from the garden which were being blown about by the wind so I just had to bring them indoors.

The Arabian Nights are still going strong.

A little bit more bunting made as a present last week. I am planning a bag with the material of the little 'tabby end bit' but a sore neck is slowing me down! Darn it!

Cars or flowers?

That was the choice I gave to a small boy this morning. Initially it was cars, hands down, but it didn't take long for the flowers to seem quite fun. Then I looked at the cars by the flowers and the 'colour thing' struck me again. Maybe the flowers are my 'cars', as I move them around, mix them up, and park them in jam jars.

With a bit of help we have 14 jars ready for some tables at a school function tonight. I think they should have a car on each table too!!