Found project bag

The hubs and I are thrift store fanciers, and the main thrift store in town closed its main location a while ago for a huge renovation. They reopened two weeks ago or so, and we finally made it this Sunday. It was lovely! So much room to move around! I just want to show you the purse I found, which is to be my main project bag.

Parquet….. butter.

There are two pieces of velcro sewn inside, and when I clean it I will remove the hook side. I plan to leave the loop side in, just in case I want to attach something to it later.

I wasn’t sure at first I wanted to drop a fin on it. What finally convinced me to get it was the goose on the left. It looks like the beading was done by a robot – on the unbeaded side you can see there is a wide white line around the goose, but what human would outline it like that?

It goes well with my travel tool kit, a small clutch I bought eons ago because I liked the stripes (fine irregular stripes are my favorite color). It’s long enough to hold hooks and pens, and just the right size for everything I need, including a few skeins of floss when I’m embroidering.

My old project bag was a freebie from Self magazine (my mental junk food for several years), but in conjunction with my travel tool kit I looked like I was obsessed with pink stripes, and they didn’t even coordinate well. The new bag has more internal pockets and is roomier.

You can often see my hubby’s thrift store finds on his zine blog, including a winner from this week.