BQL February bag challenge

Hello to you BQL people out there - I know you've been sneaking a peak. Hope you're all well and can see I've joined into the spirit of the BQL bag challenge and completed the February one and I've been a good girl and I've posted my photo in the album. I'm looking forward to the March one now.

As you can see I've been concentrating on this bag this week - so I haven't done much else apart from my creative thing each day (and sometimes that's been the bag). I am know in our group as a bit of a bag lady - in a nice way (I hope).

Tomorrow I'm off to the Bramble Patch for another class with Brenda - I've got to crack on and sort out my binding for my exhibition piece for their Easter show and I've also got to decide whether to enter it for Malvern.

I'll leave it there for now. Hope you all have a great weekend.

Comments

sewkalico said…

Well done! It's super!!! I haven't even managed to print off the instructions yet as my internet access is so limited and attaching to a printer impossible. Hope to get to it soon though :O)

22 February 2008 at 19:46

Anonymous said…

Looks great. Very February in red and pink! So will March be done in greens? I really like the March bag...much more to my taste.

22 February 2008 at 22:38

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