Why the Bag?

Shams and Ruthie asked in their comments of my last post as to why I was so interested in this pattern.

Well, I've wanted to make it since I saw it made up at The Sewing Divas blog. It seemed like the perfect bag for those of us that seem to carry everything (including the kitchen sink sometimes) in our bags.

There was more interest and information about the bag at Kathleen's blog at Fashion Incubator.

And Gigi shared some of her experiences with making the bag here on her blog.

Apparently all that "publicity" sent the prices of the pattern on E-bay sky high. I don't remember the exact winning bids for the pattern was at the time, but if my memory is correct, I think one went for $75 - $80. Wow.

I've always just loved the look, shape, and size.