call me...crazy?

I never thought in a million bajillion years I would ever be pulling out this pattern again, but I'm finding myself working on this:

I love my first weekender to pieces, but once I finished it I never imagined a second one anywhere in my future. While I was #notgoingtosewingsummit, I was avidly following along Instagram the whole weekend, and fell in love with the scrappy weekenders, that were popping up, inspired by the scrappy weekender Elizabeth made, and decided I needed to have one.  Now.

 

I dug out my blue, green, grey and yellow scrap bins, and went to town sorting out my favorite scraps, and stitching them using the quilt as you go method Elizabeth described here.



I have the two main panels stitched, with the pockets, top and sides to go.  With one weekender under my belt, I'm planning a few alterations to the pattern already, including a removable shoulder strap like this one, and perhaps leaving the side pockets off like this one, as I plan including lots and lots of interior pockets.  Including bag feet and a hard bottom is a must on this weekender, as the bottom of my first one has taken a good bit of a beating from use.



For now my scrap bins have fully taken over my sewing table, and I'm enjoying stitching away!  More to come on this guy soon, I'm still deciding on a cording and handle fabric, but I'm thinking some Crosshatch sketch in citron or maybe some Heath in grey may be just the ticket.