My youngest sister requested a totebag to use as her school bag when she goes off to college this fall. Being the generous and food-obsessed older sister I am, I promptly agreed, and asked her for a list of her favorite foods. Fruit topped the list, which reminded me of a patch I had seen at a craft store a couple weeks before, a tiny, expensive patch that said simply, "I collect fruit." It was so very tiny and so very expensive, so instead of buying it, I resolved to make something myself using that phrase. For free! (Kind of.)
And it all came together in this tote: fruit-collecting, fruit- and veggie-print fabrics, some quick backstitching and my first foray into interfacing. The sisterly reaction included both the words "insanely" and "cute," so I think we are both pretty happy with how it turned out. I admit to briefly fantasizing that the bag will somehow make her lots of new friends in college, like the cool people who are likely to get along with her will be lured in by the power of the I Collect Fruit tote. But maybe I'm just having one of those delusions of craft grandeur again.
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I am going to have to agree with the insanely cute compliment, as well.
Posted by persephone | August 11, 2006 2:25 AM
This is absolutely fantastic! Lucky sister :)
Posted by Jessicda | August 11, 2006 3:41 AM
yes it IS insanely cute! thanks again! i can only hope that cool people WILL notice the bag and instantly decide that i'm worth talking to...
Posted by sonya | August 11, 2006 6:02 AM
Of course...because really, who doesn't collect fruit?
There is no better code for cool. If I saw you carrying that bag I would totally be your friend.
Posted by Sasha | August 11, 2006 7:52 AM
Your sister is going to be the most popular gal on campus!
Posted by Mariko | August 11, 2006 1:19 PM
so cute! and, I can't see how this bag won't make her tons of new friends... heck, I'd be her best bud!
Posted by kelly | August 12, 2006 2:08 AM
I covet that purse!
Posted by rachel | August 14, 2006 3:19 AM