Messenger Bag

With school fast approaching (at least for my kids) I thought this was the cutest thing, especially for little girls.  A messenger bag instead of a back pack.  I found it on a blog called "Diary of a Quilter" (their picture of the completed project to the left), although it is not quilted. All the kids have a back pack and something different is always nice, at least while kids are still little.  For the full tutorial click here.
My daughter is starting kindergarten this fall and hasn't gotten into the whole "I have to be just like my friends" yet so I thought it would be the perfect "special" thing for her to start her elementary school experience.   I am going to try it out this week I think, I'm on my way to the store today and will let my daughter pick out her favorite material, Tinkerbell no doubt but she might surprise me.  I am also thinking of adding a pocket on the front or maybe doing a couple of things a little differently but I will let you know how and if it works out.