D Whynn Designs: Too Pretty To Cut

I love fabric. I buy fabric. I own (alot) of fabric. Probably too much fabric. Sometimes I have a hard time cutting into particularly beautiful fabrics. I fold them and unfold them and smooth them and fix them and think of all the thinks that this fabric would work for --- and then I can't bring myself to cut it. Which is just ridiculous because there will always be more beautiful fabrics and exactly how much fabric can I hoard collect.

Not too long ago I was taking a trip and I did not have a bag to take. Believe it or not, I haven't made myself a new bag in OVER a YEAR. I must say that the bag I made longer than a year ago has held up well but I'm about six months over looking at it. My trip was fast approaching and I didn't have time to make a whole new bag --- and that's when I did it. I cut up some beautiful Japanese linen that I was "saving".

Quick and fast tote bag. Great size for my travels. Completed in a short period of time. Best of all I actually got over it and cut!

Between the straps and inner pocket I used up almost every scrap of the full yard.

I tried a new interfacing experiment with this tote and am pleased with the way it came out. I fused a medium weight interfacing to the lining of the bag instead of the linen. The bag maintains a crisp shape and the linen has no wrinkles or creases.

Isn't there a fabric cutting rule: Cut into one yard of "saving it" fabric, you can add 6 more yards??