Boredom into bag making

The weather has been very changeable here and it's been so wet for the past few days that I haven't been able to get into the garden, a sprint to the greenhouse is just about all I can manage!! So gardening has been out, bulk cooking is out too as I have a full freezer. I never seem to have space to bulk cook much or is it just that I have a ridiculously small freezer space???? So I have been sewing again! I re-jigged the checked bag I made at the weekend as I wasn't happy with the handles. A local craft store sells a small selection of wooden handles, so I picked a nice set to put on the check bag.

Then came reversible tote bag............

The outside view

and the reversed view!

I'm really pleased how this one came out, I hadn't made anything like this before and I even managed to put a pocket on it too!

I'm currently grappling with a grab bag pattern, attempt one last night didn't go too well, I think I made the mistake of being determined (read stubborn and tired) last night to get it done, even when I wasn't sure of where I was going with it. Hopefully this version will work a little better.

(This is a picture of the not so good version)

The fabric I'm using today come from my Freecycle stash, there's lots to choose from and the bigger pieces left over have enough space to cut a square for my quilt :0)

I think the terminology for re-using items to make something else from them is "up-cycling" ? Plenty of up-cycling in this house then!