Makeup bag made from last Summer's left-over flat felt.
The bag back.
The bag...unzipped.
Since I know that some of you are sick-to-death of pillow covers...
...I'm taking a little detour today. :)
And just in case Santa isn't exactly sure how good I've been all year (ulp!)...
...I bought myself an early Christmas present--these fabu boots!
I actually saw them on someone else's blog recently (but, sadly, can't remember whom)...
...and absolutely fell in love!
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I made this felt with hand-dyed silk and novelty yarn...
...in order to have it on hand for the 'Creative Felt Gathering' last Summer.
Since the felt book that I made from it was small...
...I had quite a large piece of it left over.
I realized that it could be sewn into a cute little makeup bag...
...as an 'add-on gift' for 'she-who-refuses-to-give-me-a-list'.
I sewed the zipper to the top and bottom edge of the felt rectangle first...
...then opened the zipper up, flattened the bag out, and sewed up the sides.
It's important that you remember to open the zipper a bit before sewing the last side...
...otherwise, the zipper pull will be inaccessible, and you will have to rip out
your stitches!!
I think that the pink zipper looks a little funny in these photos...
...but there is pink in the yarn, and it coordinates pretty well in 'real life'!
