It’s madness.  I fully admit it.  I’m embracing my own sewing nerdiness.  I woke up this morning with the urge to see if I could re-create the style of the plastic grocery bags we all have overflowing in our homes.    I saw a fabric one over at HyenaCart that was super-cute and I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind.

So, today after church I tore a plastic JoAnn’s bag apart, used it as my template, and made a muslin fabric one.  Just for cuteness, I added a little birdie applique.

Pretty cute, if I say so myself.   And it’s remarkably strong, yet very lightweight!

Here’s a closer shot of the birdie applique.  I hand drew it, adhered it to Heat-n-Bond Lite, cut it out and ironed it on.  Then I simply zig-zagged around the edges.  I’m wondering if I should add a little button for the eye.