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This is a bag I made for a friend who had a birthday on the weekend. We often meet up at the library, so I thought the shape and size of this might be good for lugging her family's books around. 

I used some vintage tweedy woven fabric for the body of the bag, which also has a panel on its base so it can fit books more easily. And on the front I sewed a 'Birds of NZ' screenprinted traycloth in a matching dark grey. Both of these fabrics (along with some other great stuff) were kindly sent to me by Dee. I took part in Emma's 'postal stash rehash' (NZ fabric swap) and have felt like making new stuff since switching around the supplies on my shelf. So thank you to both Dee and Emma!

p.s. just in case you haven't heard 'put a bird on it' before…