I can finally blog about the first of my Pay it Forward gifts that I sent as the recipient has (finally!) received it!

Although I'd originally planned to make her something else, I was fooling around with her colour choices of violet, green and yellow, and came up with a pretty mini block. I liked it so much, that I decided I had to make some more, so I ended up with this:



But what to do with that? Which is when the idea of making her a tote bag was born. I'd never made one before, and I didn't have a pattern for one, but I approached it with my usual "How hard can that be?" attitude, and dove in. Some mistakes were made along the way, but I had a lot of fun making it. Here's the front



I had challenged myself when making my Pay it Forward gifts (in fact, in making anything for the months of June and July) to use only my stash. I didn't have enough of any of the fabrics to make the same thing for the back, so I decided to make the bag "reversible" so that, depending on her mood, she could show a bright and sunny side, or a dark, sophisticated side. *hee*


as you can see, I coordinated the straps depending on whether you were "using" the front or the back. From the sides, the bag looks like this:


And the lining is a very dark purple.

I knew that she used some kind of mobility device from her posts on her own blog, but I didn't know whether it was a wheelchair or a mobility scooter. After noodling around online, I came up with what I thought would be a good strap length, and I am happy to report that she advises it fits perfectly on the back of her mobility scooter. Yay!

I also included a little hand made card:


And she liked that too. So, I'm happy to report that one Pay it Forward gift has been completed and received. In the near future, I hope to report on more, but perhaps before then, I'll have a quilt to show you.

Until then, hope you're enjoying your summer, and remember - pay it forward!

:)