Another day, another bag

Last night I had an unexpected treat -I sat and embroidered through The Royal Variety Performance.   Sometimes it has not been worth watching but I really enjoyed last night's efforts and would praise Prince William for entering into the spirit - "Such Fun"!  Of course it also helped having Michael Ball on the cast list and them singing "Bring me sunshine" - I am easily pleased.

 Today was the second "Belchford Wednesday" of the month and so Sewingbuddy and I were aiming to make the same bag that we did last week - but with handles and a tonal bottom fabric  We had found a video on you tube and tried to follow the instructions.  Sewingbuddy had even made us a template each to help our efforts.  I will confess to becoming a little obsessed with this bag and keep seeing different variations that I want to try - taller, zipped pockets, internal dividers, mesh pockets - you name it!!  Thank goodness that Facebook has a "save post" function!

By the time I got home, it was getting dark so it was a quick walk followed by heating up the shepherds pie made with leftovers from last night's tea and settling down with the embroidery.  I am currently working on the large embroidered panel that goes all the way around my sewingbox - my deadline is the fourth Wednesday in January but, when I tell you that the house and smoke took all last night, that deadline is going to come around far too fast!