Library Tote - Olives

Description

This is a beautiful style of bag. It's slim but roomy, it's soft but sturdy, it's flexible yet structured. It looks like a purse, acts like a handbag.

The design of this bag is divine. I carefully patchwork the outside fabrics and I love the stripe down the side. It's a bit unexpected, a touch glamorous.

The bag is padded and lined in canvas, so it's both soft *and* sturdy. The handles are a wide 1.5" and padded as well - this bag is so comfy to carry!

It's a skinny bag so it lays flat when just a few things are in it, but stuff it full and it molds to what's inside. I love using this style as a purse - everything stays organized and right where I put it!

These fabrics are some of my favorites. The style is what I call "modern retro." It's got a bit of funk (the groovy kind, not the smelly kind!) and the lime green and pink is so chic. Olives, apples, flowers and other designs skitter across this beautiful fabric, and the stripes on green help give it order. A nice blend of light and dark, movement and calm! Inside is a black sturdy canvas - I love how the fabrics pop against the black!

I called this a Library Tote because I imagined these lovely fabrics with this scrumptious design nestled next to a stack of books, its owner sipping coffee and scribbling notes before heading out for the night with friends. It's a versatile little bag. Carry home your library books, use it as your purse for the office, bring it out on the town at night.

Between the careful sewing, the high quality and fabulous fabrics, the softness, the sturdiness, the wide and padded straps, the unexpected design - this is definitely one of my favorite purses.

Approx: 11"w x 2"d x 12"h. Lined with canvas, outer fabric is high quality, 100% cotton.
Wipe with a damp cloth to clean. I wouldn't put it in the dryer. Exact pattern placement on fabric may vary slightly from the item shown. Made in a smoke-free home. Let me know if this is a gift and I'll put in a special note from you!

Added on Nov 17, 2009