Butterfly Messenger Bag

Ooh, I can hardly contain my excitement about this bag! Sydney needed a new bag for carrying all her stuff to church. Thankfully I made a good pattern that carries everything she needs. The messenger bag is made of canvas and the butterflies are made of (what else?) felt. It's also lined with a cotton pin-stripe fabric. I hope the butterflies hold up through the wear and tear. I saw this butterfly-type pattern in a paper design from a French craft magazine I receive. And I used all that calculus I learned in college to come up with my equation:

butterfly design + messenger bag =

Okay, so my equation isn't really calculus but just basic addition but I like to think that all those engineering classes are not receding to the deep, dark places of my brain covered in cobwebs! Well, here's hoping! : )

Anyway, back to the bag. My favorite is how the butterflies just look like have landed and are still fluttering since the wings aren't sewn down.

Okay, off to make lunch for me and Syd. I'll have more craftiness tomorrow.