I have been waiting for an opportunity to use the wonderful GOTS certifed ‘Organic Soul’ collection by Amy Butler, so I was really pleased, when my sister in law chose it for the bag I was making her for her birthday. For a number of reasons, it is actually now a belated birthday present, but, well, good things are worth the wait-right?
The pattern I used was The Lickety Split Bag from Made by Rae. The bag is fully reversible, so you can choose which patterns you want on show from each day to the next. This pattern was so easy to use and I chose to make each half of the bag from a different fabric. One side features Pine, English Garden with a Grass, Trailing Orchid Pocket and Turquoise, Peacock Feathers with Grass, Temple Doors pocket. The other side features Grass, Trailing Orchid with a Pine, English Garden pocket and Grass, Temple Doors with a Lime Peel, Night Tree pocket. The central ties are also made from Lime Peel, Night Tree. I used organic cotton thread in Sea Foam (Shade 4820).
My favourite part of the bag is this pocket featuring Lime Peel, Night Tree. I am actually going to make a washi dress from this fabric. It is cut out and just waiting for me to sew it up!
The ties for this bag make it really versatile as you can tie them separately onto your buggy or tie them together at different lengths to make a shoulder bag.
There are also a few fat quarter bundles, of these five prints from the Organic Soul Collection, over in the Shop.