Pants ?

Well, I managed to get one bag done.

See my lovely tidy piles of fabric in the background - I am so happy with me.  : )

I probably have enough scraps to make a trillion bags, which just goes to show that you should never throw anything nice or pretty away.

I regularly throw away things that I don't consider to be nice or pretty, for example - Phil's socks and underwear.

Phil and I have lived together for a long time time now, and he knows that throwing his dirty socks and undies down the stairs (so they land in a heap by our lovely stained glass hallway door), and leaving them there, really REALLY annoys me.

My dear husband doesn't seem to be able to understand the concept of putting dirty laundry in a laundry basket. ?

So, I take my anger out on the smelly socks and unmentionables, by throwing them straight in the garbage/rubbish bin. New or not  *  This makes me happy again.

Anyway, back to the bag...

I really enjoyed doing this - because it's so messy. The stitching is all over the place, but who cares ? If it starts to unravel, just do a bit of hand stitching to put it right, I reckon more stitching will add to the texture anyway.

And going back to not throwing pretty things away... that corsage is made from the cuff of a very well-worn Oilily dress, I just cut the cuff off and gathered it up with a running stitch, and then made a little fabric yo-yo to go on top.

A few people have asked me where to get Oilily fabric, Gawd knows, if anybody does know, I will happily lick you all over. In the meantime, I just cut up old dresses that you used to be able to get on e-bay.

We're away for the weekend, we are going here, a very westerly part of Britain, if you live in America, I will be a little bit closer to you and I will be waving to you on Friday evening. Look carefully and you will see me. As usual, the weather forecast for this country, is crap. Rain, rain and more rain....

I've packed our bags with Scrabble,drawing stuff, playing cards,Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl books, and lots of warm blankets. Wish me luck.

* Phil, in case you were wondering.... that's what happened to your ' lucky mickey mouse pants'.

Ha !

: )

Comments

[Sarah]

Oh my, you crack me up! I have a laundry rule of my own, everytime I do the washing we each have to throw away/give away three things. I don't care if they are ratty or not, I hate doing laundry and seeing 3 things from each of us in the trash (or donation box) makes me feel better about that horrible job.

[meg]

well, now, that is just the best bag ever. ever. i will be stealing this idea straightaway. genius!!

[LLA]

Such a gorgeous bag! Love how much character it has....

Living in a house chock full o' boys, I too get tired of being the only one in the house that is capable of putting a dirty sock or underpants into the hamper. I often think "I have three different degrees, and this is what I have chosen to do with them???" Ay yi yi....

Have a lovely, lovely trip!!!

[Celeste]

I couldn't help but laugh out loud at that last comment.
I can (just) deal with the fact that my blokey doesn't put things in the wash basket, but leaves them by the bed instead. What really annoys me is when he takes his socks of in his studio and stuffs them down the back of the desk, or his amps. Cleaning the studio is his job, but every few months I give it a good clean and find masses of socks.
To make it worse he doesn't care if his socks match, he also wears mine a lot, so I always have a carrier bag of odd socks waiting for their partner to surface.

I absolutely adore the bag. I'll never be able to throw any scrap away again.

[Stacy]

Wow. That's a lovely recycled creation. Wonder if my trash pile could result in such a pretty thing. I've been thinking about that since I saw the beginnings of this on flickr.

Speaking of trash - maybe your husband would catch the drift if you turn his improperly discarded undies into a similar bag. Ew, wait that's gross, and I'm doubting he wears Oilily inspired undies. I just took a look at my hubby's which are tossed next to the shower doors every gosh.darn. morning. Nothing pretty could be made out of those either. Darn.

I'll be waving to you from America. I'll be the blah blonde with brownish roots still lecturing the husband about leaving his crap (coins, computer, socks, undies, mail, cereal bowls, etc.) everywhere that morning....

[jennifer w.]

That purse is amazing! I love that it is made from fabric scraps.

I've seen some fabric (by the yard) on Ebay that claims to be Oilily - not sure if is legit, or what the sellers' source is.

Going off now to determine if it would be overkill to throw my husband's shoe pile in trash...

[raspberryfairy]

Reading this makes me feel bad, because I'm the dirty monkey in our house.
I have a pile of clothes on a chair in our bedroom, referred to as the 'clothes mountain' by my lovely husband. It is a pile, which is neither dirty nor clean, so has no proper home, but in the end is start on by cats and is then dirty.
I'm a bad dirty girl!

But anyhow, have a great weekend, and more lovely bags, because this one, is just divine!!

[Daphne]

AHHH! Lucky Mickey Mouse pants! Hilarious.

I love the bag. Also, I bought my first copy of Cotton Time and I'm totally 100% hooked. Not that I've made anything yet, just that I neeeeeed all of it around me, all the time. It'll go great with the clothing draped all over my house, new and old and clean and dirty.

[Rosa Pomar]

Beautiful!

(...and i've bought oilily fabric from ebay more than once. VERY expensive but totally worth it)

[sandy]

This is so darned cute I'm tempted to drag out my scrap bag & make one of my own. Just darling.

[amanda]

oh, i"m SO laughing at all of this, as usual Lyn. You're such a hoot. I think you've inspired me to start throwing away some 'not so pretty' things laying around my own house...just feet away from the laundry basket, but not IN the laundry basket. Oh my gosh, and that bag!! I really really love it and it's 'raw' edges. So great. Have a wonderful time away from home!

[Mama Urchin]

Why exactly do they make man-sized micky mouse pants and how do they become lucky?

[Fran]

Great idea. You've inspired me to hang onto all those tiny scraps of fabric. Since it's getting chilly over your way, why not set fire to the socks/pants? :)

[Dawn]

I am loving that bag...
I'll be wavin' back to you Friday night.

[Siow Chin]

I seem to be only able to sew messily so this bag is perfectly my cup of tea! Talking about lucky pants, here in Hong Kong, there's a belief that if you wear red underpants, you could have a winning streak at the mahjong table ... ...

[sally]

Fantastic bag! And the whole laundry thing is hilarious!

[sadira]

Lord...when I was married my husband discovered his lucky socks in the rag bin (ewww...lucky socks? It's a good thing we parted ways)

I love Roald Dhal...have a good trip!

[lisa]

beautiful, lyn. love it. and i'll be waving back at you.

[Alishia]

Hey, my husband knows not how to use a hamper either. Solidarity!

[debs]

So so lovely! I gasped with delight when I saw your photo! And your fabric stash is so perfect and pretty - I can't imagine you throw any of it away! Have a wonderful weekend!

[hwehimnbryn]

Oh MC Lady! this is soooooooooo divine. I AM going to try and make one of these AND I AM going to start throwing out all the male underpants/socks that live on the bedroom floor ( when the laundry basket is 3 ft away in the bathroom)You are a wise and wonderful woman!
Have a great w/e.

[Shell]

Haha! Adore the bag - it's beauooootiful, and yes a bit of patch-up stitching will only add to it's loveliness.

What is it with the male aversion to laundray baskets? I swear, my partner just throws his clothes down wherever he likes creating nice little piles for me to pick up. Sometimes he even puts his clothes on the floor next to the laundry basket!?!?! - there is no lid on ours, it is an open basket, so why he can't throw them a couple of centimetres to the left or right I have absolutely no idea. I feel your pain, truly I do.

[rebecca]

My husband manages to put his football kit in the washing machine but leaves it there for days festering until I come along with armfuls of washing only to find his stinky kit in there - so annoying.

Love your new bag and hope you have a fab weekend.

[Elly]

Lovely bag!, yes i like to cut up all my old clothes for scraps in fact i have been known to cut up my new ones too:0.
Hope you enjoy your weekend, im fed up of the weather here in the UK.....we need another heat wave:0

[Vicky]

Great bag! How about a tutorial?
Hope you have a good weekend despite the weather.