I needed to make a gift for my fun-loving, India-loving, hippie friend's birthday and I decided to make some ever-popular singlet shopping bags so she can transport groceries in psychedelic hippie style!

I found some mehndi motifs on the internet and embroidered the pockets in jewel-tone embroidery floss to match the batik. The bags fold into the pockets and make very nice little hippie pouches. The pockets and lining fabric are the same, a yellow/purple/orange/green/brown tie-dye.

Unlike the main post that suggested 1/2 yard of fabric, I used 5/8 yard of 45" wide fabric and had tiny snippets of scraps left over. I finally got to use my new serger, (Singer Quantumlock 14T967DC - aka "light at the end of my stress tunnel") and I serged all the seams and topstitched.






Here is a close-up of the elephant (poorly centered photo, by c'est la vie!):


I think I like the polka-dotted batik one more... What do you think?

I made two of these. The one on the left is from your pattern, I used 3.5" (side measurement) squares and got an overall diameter of ~5".

The one on the right is the pattern that I found (and begun) before you posted your tutorial. Using the same 3.5" (side measurement) squares, I got an overall diameter of ~6". I think this one looks very "loose", indeed the joinery is not as secure as your model.

Which one do you all like better?

Now to just find pretty double-sided paper...

So, everybody and their mother is pregnant and havin' a baby these days (at least in my circle of friends/family). Which only means: YES, now I have an excuse to knit!

First project in preparation for the Baby Invasion:

Knitty's Sheldon

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ONTO THE PHOTOS!

I hope the baby likes him:


Here's a side shot:


Here's the front (the face separated a little, because I didn't compensate tension):


Here's the underside:


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I'm so glad I finally get to post a completed project! Enjoy!