Minion Tote

The ease of my first attempt at a tote bag has inspired me to have a go at a few more.  I'm planning on creating one from the bag of fabrics as a thank you to the lady who gave me the bag.  Also, I have decided to go slightly off-piste and create a minion tote bag for my little niece.

Breaking this down, this project is perhaps a tad ambitious!  But here goes......

The main bulk of the bag will be the yellow of the minion body with a bottom section in the blue of the dungarees.  I will also do the straps in the same yellow.

The dungarees have a patch pocket on the front which has a black spot on it with a blue 'G'.  This was my first problem.  Not having any black felt to hand, I had to make the black circle from cotton fabric and I just couldn't get the circle right.  In the end I decided just to cut the circle without a hem allowance and then used a zig-zag stitch round the edge of the circle directly onto the patch.  I'm pretty pleased with the end result.

Doing the eyes is going to be time consuming! Lots of zig-zag stitches!!!!

This is a work in progress - more posts to follow.