MSED: Bird a Day #8 - Book Bag

I based this bird a day bag on the tutorial on curbly.com. I had this project saved "to do" from a while back and now I had the chance to get it done. I bought nothing for this project I had everything already including the really cool liner fabric.

Here are all the pieces ready to be sewn and glued together.

I almost forgot the handles! I cut them from an old shopping bag. I liked them because they were made with metal grommets. (I knew there was a reason to save all the stuff I do.) The original tute uses store bought handles.

 Glued and "clamped"and...

...with the sewn liner.

Glued and drying

All finished - sans decoration.

The bird silhouettes appear once again.

Close-up - Cutting out all the bird related words from the destroyed dictionary was, by far, the most tedious part of this project.

The inside

All tied up. I think I will hag it on the wall and use it to store my art journal pages.
If you would like to make one of your own here's a link to a video and the tutorial.
-Video-Podcast-How-to-Make-a-Handbag-out-of-a-Recycled-Book-