I wanted to try making another Gracie Bag (by Shamballa Bags), but reduce it in size. I reduced this Gracie Bag to 80%, which is still a nice size without being too large. I also thought it would look great with some hot air balloon fabric.
I paired this Gracie with a multi-colored batik fabric and some green fabric I hand dyed years ago. Just barely had enough of the hand dyed fabric I needed for this bag.
The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta started yesterday and I wish I could have taken all my hot air balloon bags with me to sell at the show, but the cost to sell in the huge arts and crafts tent there is way out of my price range. So this and the other bags will go to the shows in November, where I hope they will go to good homes and be loved.
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| I love how real these balloons look. |
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| Okay this is funny. Now that I am looking at these photos, I realized I forgot to add the rivets to the straps! LOL! I will go and add them now, but I will have to add the updated photos to this posting when I get the photos later. Sometimes you see things differently in a photo than in person, lol! |
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| Back of the bag. I added a slip pocket that is really needed to have outside the bag and the back was the perfect place for a pocket. |
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| Here is a closer look at the slip pocket on the back of the bag. |
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| Still a lot of room for a smaller bag. |
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| One zippered pocket inside the bag. I forgot to add my zipper pull before taking the photo. |
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| Here is the zipper pull in this photo. |
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| Got the rivets added to the straps, whew! Now it looks a bit better and more balanced, lol! Glad I caught that before I took it to sell at the craft show next month! |
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| Back of Gracie with added rivets on straps. |
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I really like this bag, Daryl. Everything about it seems "just right". I think I even like the batik fabric better than the balloon fabric, not to mention hand dyed fabric that's exactly the perfect shade. I'm going to have to look up photos of the balloon fiesta now...
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