Poolside Tote #2

I made a Poolside Tote last year as part of the 2014 Bag-of-the-Month Club. My son and his girlfriend are coming to visit us at the end of the month after living overseas for about 2 1/2 years and I wanted to make a bag that would be nice and useful for Perla. So I decided on the Poolside Tote as it is a nice roomy bag that can be used for all sort of things.

I chose a light denim fabric and quilted it all over in a floral meander design. I added the slip pocket on this side of the bag.

I added the zippered pocket on this side of the bag. You can never have too many pockets! I also added a magnetic snap to close the bag.

I found this "P" charm on clearance last year and thought it would be a perfect zipper pull for Perla.

Inside the bag I added another pocket.

A swivel hook for keys is sewn into the lining of the bag.

Since I had cut out the center half circle of the bag top, I had a couple of half circles left and thought they looked like the perfect size for a coin purse. So I added a lining and zipper to it and got an instant coin purse.

Coin purse made from leftover bag fabric.

This cute beach fabric seemed like the perfect fabric lining for the poolside tote.

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Bag-of-the-Month for May~ The Poolside Tote

The Poolside Tote is the bag for the month of May and it's a great looking super roomy tote! Designed by Anna Graham of Noodlehead. You don't need a pool or even the beach to enjoy this fabulous bag. I'll use this tote for my new library bag and for schlepping stuff to the groups I belong to. Lol!!

As usual I made a few changes. I did add fusible fleece to my bag and interfacing to the lining fabric, since I still felt they needed more substance to the bag, even though I used home decor weight fabrics. I wanted a closure to the bag, so I made a tab with a magnetic snap closure. If I make the bag again I might just add the magnetic snap to the lining without adding a tab. I also added an inside pocket and I chose to add both the slip in pocket as well as the zipper pocket. I added the zipper pocket on the the back of the bag. I sewed the swivel hook for holding keys to the inside of the bag instead of the outside of the bag.
If you want to see all the bags that were made from others go to the Flickr Group here. Check Flickr often because new bag photos are added often.

Front of the tote with the slip pocket. I added the tab with the magnetic snap closure.

The back of the tote with the zippered pocket.

The pocket I made for the interior of the bag. I sewed 2 pen pocket dividers on the right.

Swivel hook I added to the inside of the bag to hold my keys.

Side view of the tote.

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