With an overwhelming majority, the aqua purse won! Thanks for all your input. I should have listened to my gut - that was the bag I intended to make available in the first place, but then I started playing around, resulting in the orange one. I do plan to revisit the design of the orange one, but in a larger size. It really is a cute bag, but too small for me. I should have used a tripod to take photos of the two bags because in the photos I posted, the aqua one looks larger, but in reality both bags are about the same size. The orange one was just slouchier and taken from a slightly farther position.
As you can see, I whipped up another one. This one is a smidge larger (I think I have a problem with small bags). I took a photo with it on my shoulder so you can get a good idea of the real size.
Do you recognize the fabric? That's the fabric I designed and had printed at Spoonflower. I had forgotten all about it - if I had remembered it, I would have used it in my quilt. I love it! I lined it with a brown & white Sis Boom print. I think I'll go transfer all my purse stuff now (leaving some stuff out, of course):)
Over the weekend I'll make another one and take photos for the tutorial. Hopefully I'll have the pattern ready for next week. Sound good? One more thing, anybody have a good name for the bag? I'm terrible at naming things. If you have any suggestions, let me know.
***The pattern is ready, the Phoebe Bag! You can download it from the right sidebar under Free Patterns or right here****
