Happy Valentine's Day, my sweets!
Yesterday I created this tote bag with the idea of doing a tutorial. Well, wouldn't you know it, but in my pursuit of perfection, I made an irreversible error and therefore, I have to flub my tute (which is coming soon, promise!). Regardless, this tote is perfectly wonderful, but it just doesn't have a boxed bottom- instead it's got a curved bottom edge. Not the end of the world, but not what I had intended, either.
That all said, I think it is lovely. I just have so many totes these days, I hardly know what to do with them all! Hoping one of you readers will give it a good home and lots of use.
This bag features my Petunia Purple Mod Quad fabric and is lined and accented in a gorgeously rich red linen. Measures about 12" deep x 13" wide.
To enter, just leave me a little Valentine's Day sugar in your comment. :)
Open to anywhere in the world.
One comment per person, please.
You MUST leave me some sort of contact info!!!
Deadline is Wednesday, Feb 18th, 9pm EST.
164 lovely notes:
Happy Valentines Day!
Loving that Petunia Purple Mod Quad.
callie
I have been a silent follower of your blog, and I love it. I also love love love your new fabric line, and this tote is wonderful. The red and petunia purple combination is great.
Oh! I love this. I am usually eh about totes because they are too fou-fou for me, but this is so, well, MOD! Chic, to boot!
i'm loving connecting with you on twitter! don't you just love twitter?
love that bag and that you turned the tutorial flub into a positive by doing a giveaway!
i want that bag. i would use it to put carry catalogs that i'm ordering for the shop from. yeah, i talk the good english.
thanks for the opportunity to win!
Roses are Red.
So is part of this tote.
If I were to win it,
Oh how I would gloat!
Happy Valentine's Day!
To contact me email me: sarahpead@yahoo.com
Hello Michelle! I love these new fabrics, and since I'm a pretty poor student right now, this is probably the only chance I have to hold them in my achy hands :) Such a nice thing for you to do on V-day!
Roses are red
violets are blue
your new fabric is hot
and so are you!
xoxo
What a lovely tote & blog! Hope that you're having a wonderful Valentines Day!!!
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♥ Love following your expoloits, even your "flubs" are charming! Happy Valentine's Day and every day ♥
i've been swooning over your fabric and bags for awhile. hope your day is as sweet as mine.
Happy Valentine's Day and thanks for the giveaway!
I've been loving your fabric and would love to have this beautiful bag.
I'm looking forward to the tutorial too.
allisonlutes@gmail.com
Seconds are always the best! They remind us of our handmade efforts. I would love to have a bag in your fabric.
Ummm....yeah...that needs to come to Oregon.
A little sugar for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StwKWpMI9R8
Sweets for the sweet. Happy Valentines Day.
That is a beautiful tote. I'll be looking forward to the tutorial.
Renee
butwhymommy@gmail.com
I love the colors! I'm confused though- it's impossible to have too many bags! Happy Valentine's Day!!
I'm not sure if my last comment went through. I'm not trying to enter twice so you can remove one if did in fact do this twice! I just wanted to say that you do great work -- I saw you on decor8 and I'm impressed. Keep it up! And Happy Valentines Day!
Oh, this is so beauitful. The new mod fabrics are very fun.
Wishing you a sweet day:) Lovely tote!
Count me in :)
Happy Valentine's Day! Hope it's very sweet!
I love it and I'm in need of a new tote. Hope you Valentines day is great.
Maranda
Hope you have a great Valentine's Day!
I love it and I'm so in need of a new tote:)
Happy Valentine's Day!!!
Maranda
Oooh, yay! I hope I am the lucky one this time. I am hopelessly addicted to totes.
papermenagerie{at}gmail{dot}com
Happy Valentines Day!
Nothing makes me happier than beautiful fabric and what a great way to show it off!
lovebuddesigns(at)gmail(dot)com
What a beauty!
You do such great work. You have quite an eye for fabric combinations. Have a happy valentine's day--lasting all weekend long.
Cupid's arrow has struck, and I'm in love with your tote! Happy Valentine's Day!
Happy Valentine's Day!
I loooove the new collection!
Sugar! And spice! I am so enjoying following the independent and creative soul that you are! Gaea
gaeac(at)yahoo(dot)com!
P.S. LOVE your tote!
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
Your tote is totally sweet
and so are YOU!
mwah! xoxox
What a wonderful tote! Happy Valentine's Day!! I LOVE the new fabric!!
thesanfacons (at) comcast (dot) net
Oh, me, me, me!
Love that oh so much.
Happy Valentine's Day!
I love love love the bag! Cant wait till the tutorial!
me please! Happy sweet day to you, friend!
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Fame is fleeting
but Love is true.
Love that cute tote!
congratulations on all the good publicity! Your new line of fabric is great!
I also love this tote. Thanks for the giveaway!
how stylish! I love it.
ceciliacackley@hotmail.com
Happy Valentines Day. I love this tote and your others too. Your Mod Quad fabrics are just fantastic. I hope you have a great day
Dear Tote,
Will you be my Valentine?
Love, Rachel.
I heart Mod Quad!
Happy Valentine's Day.
Your friend,
Janet ;)
Mmmm, yummy beautiful tote...how I would love to take you to the farmer's market, the beach, the library...I promise you would lead a long and productive life in a loving home with me :)
Your mod new bag has TOTE-ALLY stolen my heart!
Happy Valentines Day! xo
Happy Love Day!
Fabulous fabric, I wish I was as talented as you to make a tote, it would get a lot of use in my house!
This is fabulous and so is your fabric!
Happy valentines day. I lurve your bag.......!
Valentine's sugar? You sound..so, so, Texan. (Like the Texan I once dated who asked for some sugar. I gave him the sugar bowl.)
This is the best I've got:
Roses are red,
Karl was red once, too.
Bruno was never blue
but he's adorable.
And, if you don't hug them both for me I'd find it deplorable.
Happy Valentine's day, my dear, talented and inspirational friend!
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I'd love to win this tote
but everyone else does too !!
For Valentine's Day, I will share some of my Lindt truffles with you!
hatrudeau@hotmail.com
Looks like a great tote for knitting on the bus!!
Happy Valentine's Day!
I am in love with red linen! I would give this beautiful bag a wonderful home.
jodie.marie
@verizon.net
sugar sugar sugar sugar sugar sugar sugar sugar multiplied by one million plus one....
Beautiful fabric, beautiful tote! I hope you had a great Valentine's Day. And thank you for the sweet comment you left on my blog a couple of weeks ago.
Gorgeous tote even if it didn't go to plan! I would love to give it a home.
Here's a valentine for you. Nothing to do with the tote but made me giggle.
I wish I was a cabbage,
a cabbage cut in two,
the outer leaves I'd throw away,
but the heart I'd save for you.
Loving the tote! They are my favourite colours and the fabric is gorgeous and would look fab on my shoulder!
Hope you had a lovely Valentine's Day. Have some sugar from Wales ... Cariad Mawr
gherkiny@yahoo.com
xxx
Oh my, love that bag... seconds, oh no my friend this is what we call OOAK..:)
roses are red, violets are blue, your tote is beautiful - good for you :)
Happy Valentine's Day :)
elisa of elisasherejewelry.etsy.com - convo me if I am the super duper lucky winner
oh michelle, this is so so lovely! that fabric is killer. i would proudly sport that tote!!
Beautiful! Love your blog---just discovered you by way of Waterrose.
Hope you had a Happy Valentine's Day!!
Keep up the great work!
Charlie
(Fabric Supplies on ETSY)
oh - I'm drooling - I love that bag!
You're so talented...this is awesome!
Well it's too bad about your tutorial, but the bag still looks great. (I love the pattern on that fabric)
Had to come out of hiding for this great tote....
Here's your sugar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGL4btEIoTo
You know where to find me....kisses to the boys from Mimi xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
P.S. I just realized that this song came out the year you were born....enjoy!! :)
congrats on all your features! And this tote is lovely, I like the curved corners even if they weren't intended
: )
What a gorgeous tote!
That is lovely, I love purple and red together.
Happy Valentine's, a day late.
I'm a little late for Valentine's Day! I looooovvvvee your fabrics though. You have a great eye.
I'm sending belated V-day love! The tote looks great, and I love the colors you chose for it.
This is a colorful and beautiful design and pattern.
If I am so lucky to win, I can be reached on etsy at Gallery Juana
Just LOVE your bag.
Sugar coming right up! What a great bag - amazing print too!
its awesome and would make me look well posh!
I'm a little late for valentine's day, but I hope you had a happy one! Love love love your fabrics, and would be oh so overjoyed to have a bag made with one of the prints (and that purple is gorgeous, by the way!) Thanks so much for the generous giveaway!
That's one sweet tote! How could I resist such giveaway!
Hope you had a great Valentine:)
My present was 2 extra hours of sleep in the morning and a hear-shaped french toast:) As far as I see it - the best:)
xo, helen:)
Hope you had a day as fun as mine- I got taken fabric shopping! Thanks so much for being so generous!
Pretty please! I even posted your fabric on my blog last week.... LOVE.IT.ALL. :)
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Hope your Valentine's day was full of love and sweetness. It is always fun to visit your blog, I love your work. :)
Love the blog and love your work! Happy Valentine's!
I found you through CraftGossip and just had to enter - since the 18th is my birthday and this tote is GORGEOUS!
I've been coveting this fabric since I saw it a couple of weeks ago... but alas, I'm officially on a fabric diet, so no Cicada goodies for me. My winter foxes handbag will have to suffice...unless of course I win this tote!
81 comments.... what a hoot!
I'd love to win this. I have only made one bag in my life... it turned out well but I have yet to brave The Tote. Gorgeous fabric, by the way.
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That is a FANTASTIC fabric tote!
The only bag I've ever made looks shabby even compared to this bag with a flub!!
Happy Monday!
I love the Petunia Purple Mod Quad fabric. The bag actually turns out just fine, is so sweet looking with the curved bottom. I tried making a bag without measurement and i end up with a flat bag which was taken cared by my bf. Luckily, it turn out to be great and he is hooked on making bags!
Hope it's not too late to wish you a Happy Valentine's day. XOXO
I love this tote and I love that it only took one fat quarter to make it. This is fantastic!
happy valentine's day, of course!
What a beautiful tote. It would be an wonderful addition on my shopping trips.
I hope you had a wonderful Heart day.
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Oh, this is such a sweet little bag! I love the versitility (SP?) of it. You are just to sweet to offer this to us honey! (Was that sugary enough????)
This tote is so cute! I like to think I can sew but everything I make turns out a little off. Hopefully I'll win this one and not have to attempt to make it myself!
Have a great day!
Beautiful, beautiful bag. I am a big fan of traditional Arabic/Spanish art and the geometric pattern reminds me of the tiles in of the Alhambra palace in Spain. I can just imagine myself walking around town with the tote in tow. :D
Hope you had a loving and restful Valentine's Day.
Kristi
xxknv@yahoo.com
This is beautiful. Happy late V-day. :)
Happy Valentine's Day! Please enter me in the drawing for this beautiful tote. Thanks,
Melissa B.
mbabecka@hotmail.com
I hope you had a fantastic V-day!
Love the tote!
It's delightful, It's delicious, it's delovely! The noise you hear is me singing along as I type. Your tote is all of those things and you are a sweetheart for giving it away!
That bag is adorable! I soooo want it. A very happy Valentine's Day to you!
Love the bag, the fabric is great...and I am hoping to try out the tutorial on how to make one. But having this one would be SWEET!!!!
Cupcakes and Love,
Tania
Hope your Valentine's was as lovely as the bag!
it is beautiful. If I win, I will give it to my brother as a gift.
May your year be as full of love and joy that so many of us celebrated together on the 14th. The tote is lovely and it would be an honor to be able to have it carry my personal effects!
Hope your valentine's day was filled with love! ~ :) Love the tote!
sounders68 [at] gmail.com
What an awesome tote! That would make a lovely bag for work!
Happy Belated V-Day. I love the bag and I'm super excited about the tutorial.
betsyannlob(at)gmail.com
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
Your bag is fantastic
And the tutorial too!
Happy Valentines Day.
lena_hall@yahoo.com
Oh the bag is lovely Michelle, love the colours of the fabric.
Happy very late Valentine's day! I hope yours was lovely... your bag sure is!!
Great Tote and also a good tutorial.
shinz3@cox.net
http://k3tog.blogspot.com
Great tutorial! Thanks -- this is perfect for the subway and trekking to class!
I love that it uses fat quarters! I have so many, and don't really know what to do with them. Now I do!
Thank you for the tutorial!
Kat
krafter.kat@gmail.com
Love the bag and the tutorial! Will be attempting it myself soon! Check me out: http://brittknit.blogspot.com
Cute bag!
kate(dot)dusinberre(at)gmail(dot)com
Happy valentines day!! That tote is sooooo cute :)
Geneva C.
wombat712@msn.com
I like it better with the curved botton, rather than with the boxed one. I got here thhrough your tutorial, so if I don't win, it's ok, thanks anyway because I can try to make it myself. It won't be the same though, yours looks wonderful. Thanks again for the great tutorial.
I love the bag, irreversible error included! Thanks for opportunity.
So glad to have found you! Love the modern fabrics.
I love this bag! I love making bags too, so thanks for the tutorials!!
OHH, pick me,pick me. What a cute bag, I love to any kind of bag. You hae some darling ideas. My contact info is oohsaahsw@aol.com. By the way hope your Valentine's Day was happy. Thanks for sharing some of your love with us.
so totally rad tote! i'm just imagining all the outfit combos it'll go with! haha!
ps- ran onto from craftzine, but i'm totally bookmarking!
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I don't know what I like best, the tote or the tutorial... I already have one, let's see if I can get the other one!
Happy (late) Valentine's day from Barcelona! :-D
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Happy valentine's day (a little late). Love the color combo on that tote!
i have a ton of fat quarters laying around and would love to try this tote! i would also love to win it!
What a cute tote! Must have me some o' that... ;) I hope you had a wonderful valentines day!
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Just in case I don't get to make my own, I'd love to win this one! Thanks!
Happy belated V-day and the bag rocks!
What a great tote, even if it's not 100 percent what you had in mind. Happy post v day.
Happy Valentine's Day! MMMUUUUUAHHHH! I have been looking for a new bag and came across your site!! Love it! Thanks!!
OOPS forgot to leave my email! yarnprincess@yahoo.com Thanks and Happy Valentine's Day again!
Tami
Such a gorgeous bag! Please say it isn't too late to enter?!!
Happy Valentine's Day!
I love the curved edges of the tote! I think it is very cute, and I would love to win it!!!!
Thanks.
Kris
klwkent at gmail dot com
Beautiful fabric - love the name, too - thanks for the giveaway! I've linked the tut pointing readers your way on my own blog at www.sparkbark.com - thanks! xoxo Lizabeth liz@sparkbark.com
I love your blog, what a great find! And thanks for the chance to win such a beautiful tote =)
Happy Belated Valentine's Day. What an adorable bag and fabric!
This bag is so cute and I know mine will never look as great as yours!!
Teah
teahbug@hotmail.com
Super tote! It would look especially wonderful with my current knitting project in it. :)
mssumianju@yahoo.com
cute tote! =) i hope you had a wonderful valentine's day! take care.
What a cute tote! :)
Happy VD! Hope it was a good one!
Just came across your store via etsy...and promptly ordered something. :) heehee, love your designs. I'm excited to search around your blog!
great tote - found you through webgoddess - love the fabric combo and I am making one too!!!!!- still would love to win one
love your creation! thank you for sharing - katy
Great tote, thanks for the tutorial. I had a tote pattern like this but somehow I lost it. I willl be making your tote and will take a picture for you when I get it done. Thanks again for the pattern.
Cindy
LOVE this tote! Thanks for the tutorial
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Such a lovely tote. It's so sweet of you to offer this as a Valentine giveaway. I also appreciate the tutorial as I think this is one of the nicest totes I've seen. Have a great day!!
Sign me up! Happy (belated) Valentines to You too!!!
What a cutie! And such an easy to follow tutorial too :)
I wish all my errors looked as cute as yours! I plan on making a tote from your tutorial. Hope your Valentine's Day was special and full of SUGAR! Thanks for sharing.
I hope to win the tote. It is so cute.
Joyce in NC
jpscreations@gmail.com
Hi!!
The tote is lovely as is all your other work! = ) Thanks for the tutorial.
Hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day!
mei_lins@hotmail.com
Gorgeous bag! I am completely in love with your fabrics.
I hope you had a lovely Valentine's Day!
Heather
I have promised Mr. French that I will not sew (he called me the "angry sewer")...so I fear this will be the only way I can make this sweet tote my own...It is perfection! xo t
I love this bag! It is so cute. I am new to sewing and trying to pick up as many tips as possible! Love your work!
In the spirit of love and friendship, I'm entering for a friend who loves purple and is in desperate need of a cuter work tote. Happy Valentine's Day!
That is such a cute tote bag. I love the color purple.
Happy (belated) Valentine's Day! But, who needs love when you've got such a great tote!
Love your fabric. Love your tote. Love your blog. Love it all.
Phew... I am just in time. I love the colors in this one. Perfect for the kids library books that are spread all over the house. :)
THAT is a darling tote! I can't wait to try out the pattern for myself. I love it!
That tote is adorable. I'm hoping to try to sew one myself, but I have enough unfinished projects that I'm entering the contest in hopes of winning one that's ready-made. :)
I wish you a VERY happy post-Valentine's-Day. Thanks for posting the pattern!
Contact crayon60 @ hotmail [no spaces]. Thanks!
Ooooo, it's lovely! Please include my name in the draw, thanks so much,
Julie Andrea
sundayschild1966ATyahooDOTcom
I'm in, I'm in! How did I miss this? Fab color combo.
it's a glorious bag made by a glorious blogger!!!
xoxo,
craftYARD
craftyard {at} gmail {dot} com
I am ALWAYS happy to get a pattern which uses up my collection of fat quarters. They make such inexpensive gifts too. Thank you so much.
Robyn Kirk
New Zealand
3 haiku for you:
My Valentine's Day
would be totally complete
with a date and tote
I love the contest,
I really love the tote bag...
thank you for sharing both
I hope your day rocked
sugar and spice and something nice
You are very creative
--
they aren't as good as your tote!
Oh, I love the rounded corners on this tote. Really neat! Beautiful colors and fabrics. Happy (Belated) Valentine's Day!
<3
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