It was all about the fabric......

A week ago my sweet friend Cherise sent me an email

telling me about the coupon code that Spoonflower

had offered for a free fat quarter of fabric.

(I have the most awesome friends!!!)

So I hurried over there and ordered this super fun fabric

with the old school tattoo style print!

When it arrived I knew I had to make something

for myself, but I wasn't sure just what to make.

Since we have a sewing event coming up at our church

on Sept 22nd,  (if you're in the area, you should join us!)

I thought it would be nice to have 

a zipper bag to carry my rotary cutter and scissors in.

I used Simplicity 9949 view I.

I made it 2" wider to accommodate the length of my scissors.

I have to say that this pattern

 was definitely NOT FTS (fun to sew)

I seriously wanted to cut this bag to pieces

 and throw it in my scrap bin......

But the adorable fabric saved it.

Sometimes it's all about the fabric :)

So I persevered.

It took me most of the day to make this one little bag.

I ended up spending WAY too much time

 with my seam ripper *ugh*

And I ended up finishing the binding by hand.

The one good thing that happened was the 2 end pieces

looked like I fussy cut them,

when in fact it was just a happy accident

that the print lined up perfectly on both sides!

So now I have a fun little bag that will be put to good use,

and I know to NEVER use that bag pattern again :)

Have you ever used a pattern that you hated?