Anna Maria Horner's I'll Have One of Everything Bag

I've been lucky enough to be able to sew some yoga bags for the studio I work at. One of the things I absolutely love about that, is the freedom I get to choose the most beautiful, fun and fantastical fabrics.

Look at them hanging, aren't they yummy?

Some of the fabric comes from Ikea. I picked them up during my spring break vacation in Montreal. I've always heard wonderful things about Ikea fabric, and they are true! I stuck to fabric around $7/m range. For that price, you can get strong medium to heavyweight canvas-like fabric.

I also got to purchase fabric through fabric.com. It's my first purchase from them, and I love the experience. It is like Christmas morning when you open the box that arrives. The shipping is a tad expensive for Canada, but if you buy a lot (ahem) like me, it is still worth it. Don't forget to look around for promo coupons before you purchase from them!

Anyway, I do end up with a lot of scraps from these projects and have been using them up steadily doing my little projects. My favourite thing so far is making the I'll Have One of Everything Bag. The pattern for this bag is from Anna Maria Horner's Seams to Me book. I really like how this bag turned out:

I haven't quite brought myself to use it yet.

Love the frayed braided handles:

The only addition I made is to add a little magnet clip. I salvaged that clip from an old tattered handbag that was so worn that I could not even donate it to charity.

Oh, I almost did not say anything about the pattern.

It's very well drafted and the instructions were very clear. There were a lot of words, but there were also hand-drawn pictures to accompany the more wordy instructions. Thank goodness for that. This is a wonderful, versatile pattern.