mending time

Time to tackle the small pile of mending that’s collected on my dresser. Which means, time to procrastinate and draw it first. 😂

I was wanting to use the large blue tote bag for Bill’s hospital visits last year (there’s always something extra to stash in my bag) but what I thought was leather straps when I made the bag were not — and they were splitting apart. Real leather straps were hard to find; many were on Etsy but shipped from Eastern Europe or Asia. So I set it aside and ordered the green bag on Etsy (the actual color is an earthy deep forest) which is also bigger than I normally carry.

The green bag has just the right type of pockets, but one inside side pocket tended to gap so I thought a snap might help. And of course, as soon as I ordered it, I found real leather straps to replace those on the knit bag!