So~So

That's how it came out.

Although you probably can't tell yet from these pictures.

Or even this one.

But the bottom of this one is the dead giveaway.

I boxed wrong the first time and then tried to box right. It didn't quite work.

The bag is also much smaller than I realized it was going to be.

I do know how to read a pattern. I also know that when I'm cutting strips that are 1 1/2" x 5" that they aren't going to be very big when you sew them with 1/4" seam allowances on both sides.

Here is one set sewn together.

Here both of them are once the seams are ironed. They stretch out quite a bit.

Here's a close-up of the botched-up box bottom.

Still very cute, but not the handbag-type carryall I thought would be perfect for Chatty right now. Because my brain wasn't thinking about the size of those little strips. So Caboose is using it to carry a stuffed animal around the house.

I'm getting ready to make a bigger one. I've been using my challenged math brain to figure out what size to cut bigger strips so I can make a bigger bag. Since I bought a fat quarter pack I won't have enough Christmas tree fabric, but I have some green I can use, assuming my calculations are correct, which is a mighty big assumption right now.

You want to make one? Here is where I got the idea and the directions. Remember, it makes a small bag. If my calculations work out, I'll give them to you for a bigger bag. (I also didn't use eight different prints; I just repeated four. Since I don't follow recipes, why follow a pattern.)

Oh, and I don't do pretty quilting. I just run a few seams down the seams because I just have a regular machine.