6.21.2010

strappy & oh, so colorful


Wow.

Who knew straps could just bring it all together.

This is my Oda Bag.




And after weaving in & snipping about 40 million little ends.....







....I got this super-delightful, colorful carry-all


and


...'Cool! Can you make me one?!' response from our soon-to-be-senior daughter.






Solveig's tutorial is so straightforward -- okay, so I did glean a little help from the kids as to how this all went together. (Puzzles/geometric shapes just freeze me up every time. Think freshman algebra & yes! eyes glazed over when faced with putting a puzzle together....)
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But now that is all done -- I just simply love it.









36 comments:

Unknown said...

Oooo this is so pretty!

Michelle @ Delicate Construction said...

That is fantastic! I love the colors!

PBF Collection said...

Wow! Love this!!! Great colors!

Nélia Botelho said...

Lindíssima!!!!!

Parabéns pela escolha das cores. Ficou fantástica!

bjs
Nélia

Sandy said...

This is absolutely stunning! I love the colors you used too.... so bright and pretty! You have inspired me!

Unknown said...

Dawn, It is absolutely beautiful!! Hmmm.... it would look wonderful in fabric too!

glor said...

Beautiful ... just beautiful. I have to make one. Its happy, pretty, just a delight to look at. Your work is excellent.

Mary on Lake Pulaski said...

Just beautiful again Dawn. Thanks for sharing the awesome photos!

aida said...

great....beautiful bag

SARITHA@RAINBOWBUNTING said...

LOVVVEEE!!

Nettan said...

Oh soooo beautiful! Love the colours, a bag to make your day ♥

Evelyn said...

Nice job! I love it for this summer.

Aisyah Helga said...

Ooooh! Love this bag and the colors! I'm in the process of making African flowers and now wondering if I can make them into a bag...

MiA said...

Oh my, really beautiful bag!!

Krawuggl said...

I could only say WOW, too! This bag looks like the perfect summer, the colours are perfectly bright and happy and the white makes them shimmer and glimmer like jewels. Now I only hope that you are having much more sun and summer weather than we do and that you could enjoy it on really hot beaming days!

Jeanne said...

Absolutely beautiful! I love the bright and happy colors you chose. And like you, I'd probably need some help putting it all together. Thank you SO much for sharing!

Andi said...

This turned out absolutely beautiful-well done you! Gotta love weaving in those little ends. :)

sylviesgarden said...

Love the colours! The white border really makes them pop!
I don't envy you having to sew in all of those ends.
x

Anonymous said...

Dawn, your carry all bag is absolutely gorgeous: I love it too ! ;-)
It's so... perfect and makes me want to crochet on myself !!

Annemarie's Haakblog said...

GORGEOUS!!! I have a link party on my blog and I would LOVE it if you'll add something. Hope to see you there!
Annemarie

cinziacrea said...

Beautiful bag!!!!!
The colours are perfectly!
Smack....Cinzia.

Francien said...

Wauw Dawn....what a great idea and what a lovely bag!!...it looks so great with all that stunning colors...well done!!
greetings Francien.

Sue Pinner said...

Groovy bag too hehehe love it

pinksuedeshoe said...

Wow. Um, I love this!

Tatkis said...

Absolutely amazing and optimistic bag! I just love it!

Best wishes,
Tatyana

Caroline said...

Here's my bag, your inspired!

http://thekansashooker.blogspot.com/2010/08/my-hexagon-pursesummery-delightfulness.html

Unknown said...

wow, I love the colours! great job! :)

Sara said...

Hi Dawn. I love your hexi bag! I will be sharing a few at www.tangledhappy.blogspot.com next week. Would you mind if I shared one of your photos and link to your lovely blog? Thanks for sharing this. Happy New Year!

PattieJ said...

GORGEOUS!!! LOVE all the colors!! I know what you mean about all those strings to weave in and snip... That's the part I hate!! lol.

Sara said...

Hello Dawn. So happy to see you at Tangled Happy today! I did link you your pretty hexagon purse in last Fridays post 1/7/11. I have done quite a bit of browsing around you lovely blog. You have made so many beautiful things. Thank you for sharing your beautiful blog and inspiration with all of us!

Cheri said...

Oh my.....gorgeous!!! New follower from a brand new crocheter!!

cynbabe said...

What method did you use to join the hexs'? It's absolutely gorgeous!

Dawn said...

Hi,Cynbabe!

I just whipped stitched all of the hexies together...and thank you!

Soleil said...

I love your bag! I tried to do a similar. I will be glad if you will look on it here in my blog: http://olgasoleil.blogspot.com/2012/03/african-flower-hexagon-bag.html
Olga Xx

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Unknown said...

Are there instructions as to how to put it together?