SMS-April-Shoulder-Bag-Hand-Bag

by Elizabeth Hartman of Oh, Fransson! fame.  I had this tutorial from Sew, Mama, Sew! downloaded from April last year (hence the name of the bags) but only managed to sew them up recently for a birthday gift.

This is the shoulder bag version (13″ high by 12″ wide) – the outer is a black and white home dec fabric from IKEA called Gunilla

and you can just see the lining of the bag – a lightweight fabric that is now discontinued from IKEA (but you can see it here).

The red bag handles are yet another Ikea home dec fabric called Lenda and they make the top of the bag gather like a drawstring.  So pretty.

This sweet little handbag (10″ high and 11″ wide) – uses another, you guessed it, IKEA fabric from the Gunilla range in multicolour

and the lining in, surprise, surprise,  IKEA Gunilla in Turquoise.  Can you tell I like to use Ikea fabrics?  I think their home dec stuff is such good value for money and sturdy enough for me not to use any interfacing at all (well for this project anyway).

For an easy and quick (but yet pretty) gift to sew  up, you should try these bags.  You would probably want to keep a few for yourself.  I’m keeping the  little one to store my knitting stuff while I knit in the car (I tend to knit small projects).