Next Monday is umi no hi, or Marine Day, in Japan. According to the rather poorly-written Wikipedia page I just linked to: "We wish to express our gratitude for the favor of the sea, and it wishes maritime country Japan to prosper" is assumed to be an outline in the law concerning the national holiday. Uh, really?
Coincidentally(?), maritime themes are big in the craft world here right now, so I found some cute anchor and... boat-steering-wheel fabric(??) a couple weeks ago. (Any pirates out there, feel free to correct my vocabulary.) I knew I wanted to turn it into some sort of patchwork project and it seemed the right time to finally try out the handy Super Eggplant totebag tutorial. And so, this:
Interior, with cell phone pocket. The red fabric reminds me of ocean currents.
Since it was my first totebag, my first patchwork project and the first time I had done cross stitch since the age of 9, there were inevitable problems, most notably the sewing of the handles inside the bag -- it's a good thing I live alone and can't take out my craft rage on anyone else -- but it's done and I love it. Best of all, it expresses my gratitude for the favor of the sea and wishes maritime country Japan to prosper. Really, it does.
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Oh my stars, I LOVE IT!! Or should I say, I lub it.
I am so glad someone else gets "craft rage". When I talk about hurling my knitting across the room I get strange looks. Like crafting is always some prim, docile activity. I love that most of knitting is reversible because ruining supplies irrevocably might be the biggest rage-inducer ever.
Posted by CIrilia | July 12, 2006 11:07 PM
It looks GREAT! Happy Marine Day!
Posted by Mariko | July 13, 2006 7:17 AM
Yeah, I also get baking and cooking rage, which is probably worse than craft rage, just because you are pretty much guaranteed to ruin your supplies. Plus, you're hungry. The time I dropped a fancy apple tart, splattering it all over the bottom of my oven, still makes me shiver.
I went to a dark place that day. A dark dark place.
Posted by Anjali | July 13, 2006 10:33 PM
ahhh! amazingly cute! i'm sitting in the uw library right now but i'll write you an e-maili as soon as i get to beth's house.
Posted by sonya | July 14, 2006 8:26 AM
Really cute bag! I certainly know about craft rage. It's the reason I NEVER try to sew anything. I've ruined so many sewing projects...and none of them ever fitted me :(
Posted by June Blickenstaff | July 15, 2006 9:01 AM
The bag is cute! So glad to hear someone else confess to craft rage. I've learned to mutter my curses so that my daughters don't add some fun new words to their vocabulary.
Posted by donna | July 15, 2006 3:01 PM
I love love love this tote. It is so adorable. I especially love the pocket fabric too!
Posted by Stephanie | July 16, 2006 12:24 PM