Anything to Avoid the Housework Again

I don't know what it is about Fridays that prompts me to get out the sewing machine to avoid doing the housework.

Today it was another vintage pillowcase tote bag instead of the ironing, tidying, dusting etc that I should have been doing.  (Many apologies for the terrible photo - it was the best I could manage in the half-light that passes for daylight here in December.)

I've had a pair of these unused vintage pillowcases stashed away for ages.  As they were totally plain I didn't know quite what to do with them.  Last week, whilst looking for scraps to make some cards, I came across the leftover bits of a lovely vintage piece of linen fabric with these birds as part of the pattern.  I immediately thought they'd go nicely on one of the pillowcase bags - and I'm quite pleasantly surprised by the result.

This pillowcase is 50 per cent cotton and 50 per cent terylene - not a fabric I'd particularly want to lay my head on at night, but it makes a bag with a nice bit of substance.  Again, the 'old gold' colour wouldn't be my idea of a good look for the bedroom, but it does make a great colour for the bag.

If anyone is interested in this bag, or this one from last week's housework avoiding session

drop me an e-mail - elizabethyule(at)hotmail(dot)co(dot)uk. The bags are £4.95 each with £1.00 P&P in the UK (a tad more for P&P if you're outside of the UK.)  The bags are approx. 17 inches tall and approx. 19 inches wide, the handles are approx. 24 inches long.

Comments

[apieceofwood]

Having bought of these I totally recommend them - they are fab! So roomy and I can't wait to start using mine!

[catz]

I don't blame you at all for preferring to make such pretty bags over doing the housework! :) btw sorry but I have gone and tagged you (6th photo from 6th folder)