{"id":240,"date":"2011-04-14T08:22:15","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T07:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/?p=240"},"modified":"2011-04-14T08:22:15","modified_gmt":"2011-04-14T07:22:15","slug":"ballet-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/?p=240","title":{"rendered":"Ballet Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"

As promised yesterday, here’s the ballet bag I finished the day before:<\/p>\n

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I made a ballet bag similar to this one for the daughter of a friend of mine last year. Imagine my pleasure when Julie came up to me and asked if I could make a bag “like Florence’s” for her daughter Evelyn. Of course, I can. Sadly, I don’t have a picture of Florence’s ballet bag to show you. I forgot to take pictures, doh. On Julie’s request I made the bag a little bigger as Florence’s really is on the smaller side. I also closed it with a flap rather than just a button to make sure things don’t fly out when the bag is thrown about.<\/p>\n

The inspiration for the bag came from\u00a0this tutorial<\/a> by Simply Modern Mom. You can see that I changed a few things. First, I designed my own pattern and added darts to give the bag more body. Then I added a flap for closing the bag. I also always use interfacing in my bags to give them more stability and a longer life. I absolutely adore the plaited handle and really wanted to use the idea but didn’t have enough fabric.<\/p>\n

Another change was the lining. Florence’s bag was lined conservatively in white. This time I chose a lovely mint green fabric with flowers, dots and butterflies. Not very “ballet” I suppose but I couldn’t help myself. I just hope Evelyn likes it.<\/p>\n

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There’s a small inside pocket for hair slides and ties and an embroidered initial “E” on the outside.<\/p>\n

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Instead of embroidery floss I used the sewing thread I used to appliqu\u00e9 the ballet shoes. I started on the outline and then wondered what to do to fill the initial. Stars! Every little girl doing ballet is a star in my eyes.<\/p>\n

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The shoes are a lovely bright pink with a little ribbon bow. Simple but effective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As promised yesterday, here’s the ballet bag I finished the day before: I made a ballet bag similar to this one for the daughter of a friend of mine last year. Imagine my pleasure when Julie came up to me and asked if I could make a bag “like Florence’s” for her daughter Evelyn. Of… Continue Reading Ballet Bag<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[87,102,129],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}