Christmas sewing done.....

Finally - these 2 have literally been 'hanging around' for a few weeks now, so I'm glad they're finished.

 This one is for daughter no 2 - her favourite colour is purple.....

and this one is for daughter no 1 - her favourite colour is pink.

I didn't use a pattern as such, but the black& white/coloured strip was done from a jelly roll book called Strip Delight.   The 2 black & white fabrics & main colour are joined into strips of 3, then cut at 60 degrees to be joined in triangles, making a long strip of fabric.  The remainder of the bag is my work in adding the trim.  I just bought .2 metre of 2 black & white fabrics (which was enough for both bags), contrasting lining of about 1 metre (each bag), and main fabric of about 1.2 metres (each bag).  I used iron-on interfacing for the handles & added some plastic for the bottom of the bag (the stuff you use to create quiting designs), and then bought some ric-rac & fancy trim, and that's it.

Have a great week....