Madison Bag

I've just entered my Madison Bag in the U-handblog's Amy Butler Monthly Contest . Now, I've had this bag done for a few weeks now and I knew I wanted to enter it, so why do I wait until 9 p.m. the day the contest ends to try and get a decent photo, figure out flickr and how to upload photos and all that good stuff? I guess that's just the way I roll.

Oh well, here's the bag.



I used Amy Butler's Madison bag pattern and Amy's Lacework for the exterior and Full Moon Polka Dot for the lining. It was a fairly easy bag to make. I had a little trouble stitching the lining around the top of the bag. I got a new sewing machine for Christmas (I'm such a lucky (spoiled) girl, thanks Mom and Dad) and I love it, except my old machine had a free arm (?) that made it so easy to get to awkward spots, and this machine doesn't have that. Other than that I love this machine! The bag was a fun one to make and I think it's got such a cute shape.