Scripture Bag

Nicole (9) liked my ruffled bag, but didn't want so many ruffles on hers.  She designed it herself.... chose the fabric and ribbon, assembled the flower the way she wanted. :)

The bag fits her scriptures, a pencil and a pack of tissue just perfect for toting to church! 

Ruffled Tote. It's DONE!

I saw a cute ruffled tote on pinterest.  It looked a little complicated for my simple skills, but I pinned it anyway.  I kept looking at it and wondering if I could actually DO it. 

I decided to give it a try using just supplies I had on hand - then if it didn't turn out, I'm not out anything. :)  I had an old canvas tote with a picture of a gray wolf on the front and wording on the back.  Not that I don't like gray wolves or anything, but it wasn't my favorite bag to carry around.   I had a hard time coming up with fabric for the ruffles.  I didn't have a lot of choices in the type of fabric I needed (now if it used FLANNEL - a whole different story!  I have plenty of that. ).  My daughter Audra helped me decide which fabrics would go together and I really love the combination.

I have to say I was so intimidated I just let the material and bag sit in the craft room a few days before I got up the courage to start cutting.  Once I got started, it probably took me 3 hours to finish the bag.  If I did it again I could do it in much less. 

The tutorial I followed from pinterest is HERE...  I love how she does ruffles.  Easy!  That's not how I learned to ruffle. :)  My hope it posting my project is that you'll figure if *I* can do it, so can you!

Here's my bag before:

And after: