~My Finished Bag...with a photoshoot at the beach~

I have finished my 'No Place Like Home Bag' by Anni Downs

I have thoroughly enjoyed this bag and I love it to bits

from cutting the squares

to joining them into strips

and then hand quilting

sewing the binding on

down to choosing the buttons

I looked through my collection and saw that I had timber ones back from the eighties when I knitted Mr Armchair a cardigan......

the other ones I though were a perfect tealy colour to match

the pic shows the teal one on the reverse side but further down there is the other side

I even tried to machine sew the buttons on but ended up doing it by hand

I woke up Sunday morning thinking I'll do a photo shoot down the beach when I have finished the bag

Didn't get there till nearly 5pm though

I wanted JoJo to come with me but she can be hard to move especially if she is engrossed in her music

So off I toddled by myself and about 10 minutes later her and Mr Armchair appeared!!!!

This is the first shot and lucky 2 bits of driftwood were already there......

I took lots of pics of the front of the bag

the tide was coming in so had to be careful although it did get a little wet

I don't mind that though......love the idea of sea water on it

Then going back I thought it might look nice in the grass which of course it did!!!

Then Mr A said what about the back of it

well I hadn't thought of that......so back down to the beach

and he came up with the idea of burying a part of the timber and hanging the back

Great idea I thought (just as well he came down)

and this is the last shot!!!

I have thoroughly enjoyed making this bag.....it was such a pleasure and a lot of fun

especially with Anni's great instructions!!!

Thanks so much Anni for a wonderful bag pattern and kit

I have loved every step of the way of this!!!!