A Crafter's Life

Sweet Surprise in the Mail Today: Handmade Bag!

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When you are a crafter and someone gifts you a wonderful handmade craft it can really make you smile!

Back in August 2023 my friends J and MJ came for a little retreat at my house (see post Another Scrap Happy Quilt Retreat (Sort of)). J had this amazing bag she had made and I was obsessed with it. She said she would make me one someday.

Well today in the mail, a year later, an amazing surprise arrived in the mail – a handmade bag from J!

Here are the photos I took of it to include inside the bag and the bottom of the bag:

J is an accomplished pianist and she put a little piano zipper charm with the words “make your own music” engraved on the back of the charm:

Here’s a little clip of J playing her piano I included in the November 2022 post Guest Blog Post: The Fayetteville Friend’s Studio Project, Part II from when our mutual friend MJ and I spend a couple days in Fayetteville, North Carolina helping J reorganize her studio.

J also included this nice strap if I want to travel with the bag and attach it to my suitcase:

This bag arriving in the mail today was an exceptionally awesome surprise!

I actually have the pattern for this bag (I bought it after I saw J’s bag) and I might try and make one someday!

If you are curious the bag called the Poppins Bag (I am assuming Mary Poppins was the inspiration!) and the pattern is Poppins Bag by Auntie Two

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17 thoughts on “Sweet Surprise in the Mail Today: Handmade Bag!”

  8. My compliments to J for her interpretation of a functional bag into a work of art. That fabric is gorgeous, inside and out, and her sewing skills are top-notch.

    It’s wonderful receiving anything unexpected in the mail, so I’m sure you were over the moon. I’m so glad you shared.

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