Little Brown Polka Dot Bag

This little bag, in an essentially fall mix of colours, was made after a friend's request for a small brown bag that could take her most places.

The light cotton fabric is one of my favourites. I love how tiny the little polka dots are.

The shape is one of my all-time favourite shapes too and I used this a lot a few years ago to make silk evening purses with ruffles on top!

The flowers were added on a whim for some extra interest as well as a more girly note.

 One by one the bright caramel, orange and yellow of the flowers and leaves all came together and I just loved the result! 

Happily, so did my friend.

This bag was so much fun to make that I promised it wouldn't take me so long till the next one.

Linked to:

Annemarie's Crochet Blog, Today's Creative Blog

Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Winners

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone for participating -and the Sew Mama Sew blog for organizing Giveaway Week -aka Giveaway Day.

One Perfect Day blog fabric and vintage lace giveaway

Beyond having the opportunity to win any of hundreds of giveaway prizes (there were 515 giveaways this May), Giveaway Day is a wonderful opportunity to interact with those manic -or not- crafters out there and visit lots of wonderful blogs you haven't had the chance to see yet.

OnePerfectDay floral mini clutch and Fairytale Flower flower sash giveaway

It's a blogging event that I've come to look forward to every spring and autumn.

fabric and vintage lace giveaway

Anyway, without further ado, here are the winners of my two giveaways.

Fairytale Flower sash and One PerfectDay mini clutch giveaway

The winner of the Fabric and Vintage Lace giveaway was comment number 181.

Congratulations, Dawn!

 The winner of the Fairytale Flower organza flower sash and the OnePerfectDay mini floral clutch is comment number 114.

Congratualtions, lil&#39:monkeysmama!

If for any reason I cannot contact either of the two winners, or if I do not hear from them within the next couple of days -you'd be surprised how often this happens- I'll re-draw a name for a new winner.