love. this. bag.

remember my blogiversary giveaway? i finally finished the last part of the prize–a tote bag, featuring my most recent original needlepoint piece. this is the first time that i’ve combined needlepoint and patchwork and i love, love, love the way it turned out! 

here’s the back:

and the inside:

the strap is actually a belt that i thrifted for this sort of project awhile back.  mona jean was thrilled with it when i gave it to her tonight.  she mentioned something about me supporting her “bag fetish…”

the needlepoint pattern is now available on my “free patterns” page above (or click here).