Luka has been going to a daycare every day for the past six months. It is a full day program, but we have to prepare all the food - luch, and any snacks they will give them during the day. In addition, he needs extra clothing, sheets and blankets for sleeping, diapers, wipes... So until now (shame on me) we have used various plastic/paper bags to bring all this stuff in - I just could not find a suitable bag. And his diaper bags are not really useful in this case. So, finally I had a little bit of time (procrastinating in school) and I made a bag for him, from some fabric I had lying around. I used two fabrics - thicker blue cotton (I bought this fabric at a local Flap Happy factory store where they also sell fabric remnants for very little money - and their designs are fun!) and prequilted yellow fabric I bought also as a remnant at JoAnne's Fabric. I am really proud of the way it turned out, conisdering that this is a very first bag I have ever made. I also like the thickness the quilted fabric proivides - the bag can stand up (as in the pictures) on it's own. It has outside side pockets and one inside pocket. There is really only one problem - Luka's sippy cup does not fit in these side pockets, they are too narrow. If I make more of these, I need to make these pockets wider and then put a bit of elastic at the top. It is big enough (35inx30inx10in) to hold his luch bag, a sippy cup and his bedding. No more plastic bags!


And it is reversible too (here you can see the inside pocket).