For all that shopping

We needed a new shopping bag. The one that I made about five years ago was slowly falling apart. We've used it soooo much! Half the time we're lugging our body weight around in shopping and this bag has never let us down. However, it was time for a new one!

I had some Ikea fabric that I had bought a while back with this particular project in mind. It's curtain fabric, nice and sturdy, like canvas. I love the print and colours (for a bag, I wouldn't like it so much as curtains I think).

I used my old bag as a template for this one. I just took the measurements and cut it. It's a very simple bag, but it fulfills all my needs, which are that it needs to hold LOTS of shopping and that it must fit around the pram like this (this is the old bag):

For me this is extremely important, because I nearly always do all our grocery shopping walking. I don't think that I've taken the car to go shopping even once since Linus' birth. I find walking more practical with a baby.

So even though I felt pretty awful today (I've got a nasty cold and I'd been up half the night... at one point all three children were awake!) I felt such a sense of accomplishment after finishing this bag. Creating something from scratch is so much more fun (and so much cheaper) than simply buying something new.

And just to give you an impression of how huge it is...

It looks empty, doesn't it?

Well, it's not! (ah, poor Linus!)

Thank you everyone for your kind and encouraging words about Simon! It's wonderful to be reinsured. Now I'm even more certain that this is a phase that we have to go through together. And the funny thing is that the past few days were almost without incidents! Also, on Tuesday he went to school to meet his teachers and classmates. He loved it; I think school will indeed be really good for him.

Comments

[kirsten]

aw, linus!

cute cute bag! i love that it fits on your pram and i'm so jealous that you can walk to shop! the only place really close enough to walk for us is walmart - and i refuse to shop there.

[emily]

Nice fabby and a good size for a shopping bag.

I thought you just had a baby?... going shoppping for another?!!

[Anna]

The bag is great, I love the fabric. And it carries a baby, just perfect! :)

Thanks for signing up to my swap, it should be fun. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone makes.

[Rae]

This is a great idea! I always get frustrated trying to find a place to hang my purse or bag on the stroller. I try to balance it on top but then it always slides off. I might borrow this idea!!!