Heading south again---Embroidery quilted shoulder bag

Summer's almost gone, autumn's coming. Canadian geese will head for south again. I made this very roomy shoulder bag for the coming vocation. My dear husband commented:"very good, so it can hold everything." And I'm not sure if it's a praise or not. :D

It took me almost a month to complete this bag. The amount of this fabric was quite tight, I had to plan every cut carefully. Still I made a few small mistakes, but fortunately, all were fixable.

A side pocket was added to hold some small things, like a facial tissue holder, keys, a pen or a small coin purse. Hate to admit that this was one of the mistakes I made, the opening for the zipper was 1/2" shorter then I planned. I must measured wrong, so pocket pickers are gonna have a hard time with this one. :P

The interfacings used here are : Pellon medium weight fusible interfacing, light weight poly quilting batting which I bought a long time ago and couldn't remember the brand, and medium weight sew-in interfacing for the bottom. I'm quite pleased with the combination, it defines the shape of the bag well. The bag can stand on its own, but not too stiff.

Since it's a very nice day, so some extra pictures.

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