I am making an emergency trip to NC tomorrow as my 90 year old father is in very bad health. I'm taking my 8 year old with me, so I had to get us both ready for the trip, and get the rest of the family prepared to be at home for a week without me.

SO of course, sewing took priority :) These are two items of my own imagination. I was gifted some lovely home decorating fabric so I made a laptop sleeve so I can take my laptop tomorrow and a tote bag to carry the rest of our crap in. The sleeve is something I'm really impressed with ~ it has ties at the top to tie the laptop in securely and a pocket on the front for the cables and cords....

They are far from perfect, but considering I came up with the ideas myself and used stuff I had here to pull it together they came out pretty good!

I think they're beautiful. As long as they serve the purpose for which they're intended then they are perfect.
Personally I love to make my own bags. I made one last year to take to Paducah that looked like a handbag but unsnapped into a large shopping bag.

Have a safe trip and I hope your father does okay.

WOW!! Those are nice. Great Job.

I think they are perfect. I want the pattern for the laptop computer carrier. It's really great.

wow very nice love them

very nice!!

wow, I"m impressed! I love the totes I'm seeing on here!

Nice job, I hope you and your son have a safe trip.

LOL. That pattern is in my head :) I simply measured my laptop across the top and depth and then across the width and depth and went from there....I was getting nervous because I was afraid it was going to be too small in the end but it seemed to work out!

Thanks for the nice comments everyone!

Beautiful bags, you did a good job. Prayers are with you and the family. Give your dad hug from me.

Great bags!

What do you mean pretty good?? I love them both!

Have a safe trip and I pray your dad is ok.

You did an excellent job on both!

GREAT job! They both turned out wonderfully, especially since you had no pattern to go by! I had to chuckle at the first picture. Reminded me of the picture you posted of the last bag you made. There's the dog, and there's the cord to nowhere. :)

I hope y'all have a safe trip!

And I totally thought of you when I took that picture!!! :)

Best of luck! Hope your trip goes well. Love both bags, love the shapes of them and the fabrics!

Gal

Those are great and also have a safe trip

We pray for your father to recover quickly and that you and your family travel safely. Great job on both!! :D :D

nice. Can't wait to see when you have smoothing better to do ;-)

Great job. I love them!

Wow, lots of cool things you made!

Great job. Very pretty.

I love them both.... great job!

Very nice bags. More importantly....I hope your dad recovers OK.

Absolutely, I was just about to say the exact same thing - nice bags and I hope your father recovers quickly!

And I thought it was just me that looked at all of the other things in a photo after the subject. You are becoming quite the BAG LADY, there BK. I hope you have some good news about your dad when you answer these.

They both look great to me.

I hope you have a safe trip and your Dad recovers.

Thanks all! We survived our 27 hour trip by air ~ nothing like OHare being closed and us being re-routed all over kingdom come....with a 8 year old in tow no less. Things are status quo...I'm glad we were able to come and let the little one spend some quality time with Grandpa. (And the bags held up great through all that!!!!)

So, what you people are really telling me is that I'm going to have to clean my house quite thoroughly now before I take pictures to post here??? ;)

No add more to it. To give us something to peek at...
I was thinking about starting a thread. Have everybody post a pic of what thier sewing table looks like right at the time. We'll see who is working hard, or just messy, OR a neat freak. Whadda tink?

I think that's a great idea!!!! I think it would be super interesting!!!

LoL, don't worry about it. I just noticed my cat's butt ducking under the bed in the picture I posted last night. :P

Hope you have a good trip. The bags are great.