pinterest success

As much as Pinterest sucks away my time (you know what I mean, don't you? Please tell me I am not alone!) it has been a wonderful thing in many ways. Last night my family enjoyed a new recipe that I found on Pinterest. And sewing ideas... oh heavens. I will never ever have time to do all of the projects that I have found! But some, I have. Like yesterday, when I decided to try this tutorial from Pink Penguin. 

I had bought several fat quarters of Lucy's Crab Shack from a sweet quilt shop I found on the road last weekend. Here's my first bag from the tutorial. I think it came out awesome!

 The only change i made was to add a layer of batting to the main fabric pieces, in addition to the recommended interfacing. I just like that cushy feel to my bags. This pattern is a keeper! Then last night I saw that Jennie over at Clover and Violet had done a review of this very same tutorial. Oh wow! When I saw her patchwork bag I knew exactly what I was going to do with my remaining London scraps.

I had to play with the proportions a bit to make the pieced bag work, but it was worth it!

Have you actually made/cooked/tried anything you found on Pinterest lately?