Well. When I first made my list of unfinished projects to complete – OR make a sincere effort to at least start – by mid-September, there were a couple of projects that fell into that sincere-effort-to-start category. While I really wanted to spur myself into action to wrap up and completely finish most of those projects, there were also a few that I just . . . didn’t want to fall off my radar. For me, a start on those projects would be as good as a finish for my inventory “purposes.”
One of those start-was-as-good-as-a-finish projects (Project #9 on my original list) was the komebukuro bag from the upcoming (at the time I wrote my post) MDK Summer Camp session. It was only in “kit” form at the time I assembled my project list.
But . . . lookee-here! Sometimes once you start a project, you can’t stop!
My little bag is what happens when . . .
Inspiration . . .
meets . . .
Ample inventory of supplies (i.e. stash) . . .
meets . . .
Portability . . .
meets . . .
Time to stitch
And the result? A surprise bonus finish!
You can read all about how I made my bag – and see LOTS more photos – here in my Field Notes. (Although you may want to look away if you’re squeamish about cutting up other finished projects . . . )
How about YOU? What have you been working on lately?
Are those kind of projects — which you start and can’t stop — just the best? This is such an adorable little bag, and I hope it gave you a good dopamine hit.
I love what you did and applaud your courage to cut into the sashiko! I recently cut apart a bag that wasn’t working for me and made it into something I love.
Seeing your finished sampler at the end gave me a little two. But I love how your komebukuro bag turned out. It’s truly your bag. I THINK I’m nearly finished with mine but not yet.