Buttercup Bag

So, I finally made the Buttercup Bag over the weekend and I love it! Although this fabric wasn't my first choice as you could tell by my previous post - it still turned out great. It's the perfect size for carrying my wallet, keys, ipod, lip gloss and cell phone.

So, as you can tell I'm a fairly creative person. In the past when I walk into shops like Fabricana, Urban Yarn, DeSerres, Dressew, The Papery and most recently Knotty By Nature my brain literally goes into hyper speed. My pupils dilate, my breathing quickens, and I get shaky with excitement and possibilities!*

While I was working on my purse, I went to FabricLand because I needed a magnetic snap. Surely they would have it and I can rely on them for sewing basics??

Nope.

This is the snap I needed:All they had were 'hidden' magnetic snaps which meant I would have two square seams on the inside of the purse that I really didn't want. So I got around this by sewing in two squares of fabric overtop of the seams to hide them. You can see one of the squares in this photo.

I also was hugely disappointed in FabricLand's button selection. The two little green buttons worked on my purse, which was great but I was totally settling. What I wanted was one big button in the centre! These green buttons were also the exception to the mostly black, brown or white boring buttons the store had on display. Oh, is there nothing more you can offer? Really??

When I walk into FabricLand I'm so uninspired, it's unbelievable. I realize that the demographics here might demand a different type of merchandise, but come on! I will not go there again - not even for thread.

On Sunday we went downtown and happened to walk past one of my favourite stores in Victoria - The Button & Needlework Boutique. We went inside and holy crap did he have a gorgeous selection of unique buttons!! And guess what? I found this one and it's PERFECT!!

So I'll take the little ones off and pray that they haven't left big holes in the blue fabric that will show. I'm planning to buy my thread at Satin Moon, and my buttons from the guy downtown. This works out better in the end anyway, I would rather support the local shops than the big box stores anyway.

*I know Rawbean can personally attest to this as she had to accompany me to Fabricana for some fabric selection - to keep me focused.