Surprise for Robin

I wrote this the night before Robin came up to visit with me and participate in the swap. See, I didn't just make one of those beach totes, I made a second bag, for Robin. The fabric has cats playing with balls of yarn and knitting needles. I really liked the pattern, but wasn't such a fan of the color. I hope Robin likes it. I'm not sure how the kitties will look from far away (my fear is they will look like sports equipment). If Robin doesn't like it, I'll keep it, minus the "Robin's Bag" part that is. I did a much better job on this bag than the first one. Things lined up beautifully and sewing went easier. Except now my sewing machine is squeaking quite a bit. But I'll take it to the repair shop soon. Check out the bag below.

My mom embroidered the words for me and sent 4, yup 4, different title options to me -- two colors with two different fonts. Do I have a cool mom or what? The original plan was to satin stitch around the title like my sheep bag, but I decided that I would rather not mess up and went for a simple zig zap pattern. I like what I did.

And yes, some of those little zippered pouches were for Robin. Hope she likes them.

Well, more after the swap. I'm off to finish job application packets.

Happy Fibering!