fete des mamans

Today is "la fete des meres",

mother's day in France,

and I made this library bag for my Mom.

I was totally inspired by this teacher gifts from City House Studio

I thought it would be perfect, my mom was a teacher,

and she loves book, so of course she needed a library book!

(needed is maybe extreme...)

I followed this tutorial by Don't Call Me Betsy.

And as I showed you last week here,

I used a mix of Liberty of London, linen and selvage,

all of the good stuff!

There are 8 different Liberty prints,

the bottom and handles are of a dark purple cotton sateen,

I machine quilted the bottom and the handles, to add texture

and stability to the bag.

The back of the bag is made of linen and the same sateen,

I hand embroidered "pour le plaisir de lire"

for the pleasure of reading in a simple back stitch.

I hand quilted the linen parts of the bag,

I tried to do a brick pattern for the back, but it did not turn out exactly as I expected,

but it still does the job!

Bonne fete Maman

et bonne lecture!

Happy sewing!