August 16, 2010

Today we experienced the many emotions of dropping our little ones off at school for the first time. Preschool to be specific. Thankfully, the girls really like the school they’re going to. It’s a small Montessori school about 30 minutes away, but well worth the drive. Unfortunately, though, with just a 3 hour school day that means I won’t be able to go back home for some time to work on my own projects while they’re in school. No biggie…I may not be able to dive into a bunch of new projects any time soon, but I will be able to get my work-out on!  And I think I’ve decided that this will be my workout bag:

I accidently printed the pattern too small, so it’s too little to be an everyday type of bag, but just big enough to hold a towel, a set of headphones, a water bottle, and a set of keys!  Such a shame for a pretty little bag, but I’m happy to have found a use for it. :) 

The doilies were much easier than I expected to appliqué onto the bag. I just used my fabric glue to hold them in place while I stitched over them with my machine. I used a pattern and tutorial from Very Purple Person. If you use her pattern, just don’t forget to check her test square on your printout!