Weaver's Swap Complete!

My package from my Weaver's Swap partner arrived today! I was so excited I could hardly wait to open it!

It's a fully lined messenger-style bag. Right now it is loaded with a binder, a book, and a few miscellaneous things I need for a meeting tonight. I can't wait to see how it wears!

Many thanks to Dave & Benita who organized this swap, and thanks to my partner Lynn for a wonderful bag!

Weaver's Swap -finished object-

Here is a photo of the bag I made for my Weaver's Swap partner. The fabric is an amazing piece of double weave, and I worked hard to come up with a purse design that would work well with the wonderful squares.

After considering many possibilities, I went with a simple bag with dowel handles (they are square dowels! :). All the seams are covered with a fabric binding, so the bag could be turned inside out (the binding would show, but it goes well with the color scheme of the inside) to use the other side of the cloth.

I wish I had a picture of the inside to show you...but I shipped the bag off before I thought of it! :) Maybe Lynn will post a photo of the inside!

Weaver's Swap

I am very excited! Dave at The Weaving Studio and Benita of Basically Benita are hosting a Weaver's Swap. The jist of it is that you weave 2 yards of cotton fabric, send it off to your partner, and your partner turns it into a bag for you! The partner gets to keep half of the fabric that you provide.

How cool is that? An excuse to weave, an opportunity to make a bag, and I get a bag in return!! Can you guess that I joined?

The timing is quick--fabric is due to be shipped to partners by the end of July and the finished bags are to be enroute back to the weavers by Aug. 31st--but a little pressure can be a good thing!