Bag #2 - Corduroy

So I finished my second home made bag.

This one was for a birthday present for Maaike. It's black corduroy with a lovely blue/greyish cotton lining. I tried to make sure the straps were as strong as possible as I know she seems to carry around half her possessions all the time, so we'll have to see if it holds.

I did discover that my lovely Jones Deluxe sewing machine is probably not great for thicker fabrics (3 or 4 layers of cord seemed to break the needle a few times) but I got there in the end.

She was pretty happy with it when I presented it to her at Knit Nite yesterday (I think) and so am I.

(These photos aren't the greatest as previously mentioned our old little canon is breaking somewhat, I hope to have that rectified soon with an early birthday present, hint hint)