My little sis came over the other day with an idea for a cute bag, so we sewed one up. I think it turned out quite nicely. We cut 1- 9"x9" square of white flannel on the fold (making it an 18"x9" rectangle). Then we cut out 3 sets of leaves from green felt and sewed them on to one side of the rectangle with just one straight stitch down the middle. Next we sewed on 3 lengths of different colored ribbon to make the stems for our flowers. I sewed a button to the top of each ribbon. As I sewed, my sister cut out a few flower heads from different colored felt and cut a small slit (large enough to fit over the button) in the middle. Now the flower heads can be moved around for fun and/or to change the look of the bag. To finish the bag, we straight-stitched the bottom and sides, turned under and stitched the top edges, then attached 2 lengths of the same white flannel that we had cut into 3-inch widths, folded in half, sewed at 1/4" seam, turned right side out and then stitched again for added stability. The handles we attached with a box shaped seam for strength.
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