laptop pouch

it has been months since i have dragged the sewing machine out, but this weekend the ambition finally struck. i had this cute fabric waiting on the shelf to become a laptop bag for my new little beauty. we have a bit of travel coming up in the next few months and i refuse to go anywhere without this new extension of my being. 

so, i made this little pouch and i think it's pretty cute. it is stuffed with layers of old diaper pad (waterproof) and old halloween fleece. it has a zipper and a flap that comes over and is fastened with an old button i found around here. i think i got the button at a senior center tag sale in cambridge, maybe in 1999. oh, and i stuck that little embroidery on there, the one i wrote about here. the pouch has about a million mistakes and funky things going on, but i still sort of love it. i admit that much of the funkiness is due to my lack of skill (i'm learning...), but a great majority of the funk is the machine's fault. seriously. the machine is as old as me and has probably never been tuned up, so i think i may have to break down and do it.

it felt good to get the machine going and now that i made something i can give myself permission to make something else. that means a trip to the fabric store!