Again, thank you all for the compliments. A little ego boost feels real good, especially coming from such a talented group of people.

Treasure Cat, I am curious why you priced it higher? Is it the embroidery? I've noticed in researching the market that items that have any kind of accent that is either pricey (like a nice charm on the zipper) or time intensive (like embroidery) get a higher selling price overall.

That is too awesome. Who gets to keep it? And (perhaps more importantly) when will you auction it off on Ebay? I am so game to own my own Shakespeare. All kidding aside, what a great project, executed to perfection!

This is an absolutely perfect set; I'd be thrilled to get it as a gift. I love the wallet especially. I want to make a fabric wallet, but it's intimidating. Did you find it to be hard?

;DGreat job! I love it, but the bird has no feet!

So nice of you to notice! That's kind of my little inside joke. There's footprints, but no feet.

Thank you all for the feedback; it was very helpful.

BlueKiwiCat: Thank you. Am I blushing? Heh.

fluffysam: That's exactly what I was going for, so to have you say it without being prompted (ok, I admit I sometimes drop hints to my cats) is awesome.

BlueEyedMary: Thanks for the pricing tip. It's definitely in the ballpark with my own guess-timates.

kate conspiracy: You know, I actually thought about that, but when I washed the fabric, it came out looking weathered. It definitely is not a "nice" fabric, but rather more worn. I thought that the really floppy strap sort of added to this look. I'm the first to admit that it's not as sturdy as I would like. Rectifying it with a bit of velcro might be the way I fix the issue with this one. Thanks for the advice.

Sewer Rat: Ditto that one.

How old is she? Amazing how adept kids are. The pillow looks fantastic.

That tattoo fabric has to be one of my all time faves ever... ever!
You did a great job on the bag also. It looks dynamite.

I'm a first time poster, long time lurker... so hi to everyone! 

This is a bag that I made that I am finally courageous enough to post here. I've been making handbags for some time, but only recently began making my own patterns. For this bag here, I made both the sewing pattern and the embroidery pattern.

For the sewing pattern, I sketched out a simple rectangular design for the flap and body of the bag on leftover Christmas wrapping paper. For the embroidery, I drew an outline of the bird and clouds on the fabric itself using one of those handy-dandy fabric pens that disappears as time passes.

The fabric is a medium-weight brown canvas with some stretch to it. The lining a is simple blue cotton. The front has a hand stitched embroidered bird and the back has a pocket (for cellphone or keys--something you would need easy access to). The pocket has a very simple embroidered edge. The flap up top has 2 embroidered clouds. The strap is about 2.5 yards long and adjustable (rectangular D rings), so almost all body types can use it as a messenger-style bag (over one shoulder and across your chest and back).

I am posting some pics of the bag below. I would greatly appreciate any feedback you can offer. As I progress with the unique, one-of-a-kind bag making, I will likely begin selling these online and in local shops, so feedback about potential pricing would also be very helpful to me.

http://www.whateverisay.com/bags/birdbag01.jpg

http://www.whateverisay.com/bags/birdbag02.jpg

http://www.whateverisay.com/bags/birdbag03.jpg

Thanks in advance!