Hi Cathy

Here are pictures of the two beachbags I made with your lovely designs.

You will see that I have simplified the designs - I needed to make the bags very quickly for my nieces. I was working on canvas and therefore left out the background. I also left out the borders.

The blue bag was made by joining three designs with an ordinary seam, matching the edges of the designs. I used a wadding on this bag. On the back of the bag there are two large pockets - for books, magazines, sunglasses, etc.

The pink bag was made by joining the designs together with a zigzag and then sewing on the strips of black webbing over the joins. The back of the bag has a zipper pocket to keep valuables. I did not use wadding on this bag and therefore it is lighter than the blue one and can be folded up to put in a suitcase if you are travelling by air.

This design set lends itself to hundreds of variations and possibilities.

Thanks for your amazing artwork - I think you are the most interesting and exciting designer I have found on the internet.

lots of love

Deb