I gathered my supplies. I had a bit of foam left from the last set of stamps I made with Ann Johnson. (love that lady). And I used my kitchen shears to make some thin strips that could be made into leaves.
I mixed a color with my Setacolor paints. A small paintbrush from my watercolor days worked well in getting the paint on the stamp. I rather liked the stamp, and will revisit the idea when I have more time. Right now, I needed it to dry.
The sun was shining so it went out on a freshly trimmed leggy ligustrum poodle bush.
I have an overabundance of scraps so i trimmed a handful down to 1 inch and made the backing for the project bag. I used a scrap of flannel as the batting because I didn't want this to be stiff. Hey, I did throw away the trimmings, it was hard but I did it.
I wanted a zipper so my stuff would not fall out, and I thought of that too late so I had to invent a new way of putting in a zipper. Needless to say, I did not hide my inside seams. But that is fine, it is for me, and I like it.
I REALLY love the red zipper with the yellow and green print!
I added a pocket to the inside, THEN thought about quilting the stamped side, phooey. (But that is not really the word I said.)
Here is the inside, with the nice big pocket.
PS - remember the tiny book I made for Carrie's birthday.......well McGee ate it yesterday. I found it today..........
