So I decided to make her one for her birthday!
Her favourite colour is blue so I chose a lovely printed drill from Lisette to make the Poolside tote.
I also found some water resistant canvas to use for the lining which matched quite well.
I omitted the facing on the lining this time (because I ran out of fabric) but I think it still turned out ok.
I added in a little tab on the side of the lining to hang things like keys or sunscreen from.Before I sent it to her, I took the Poolside tote to our Memorial Baths for some photos.
The Memorial Baths were built in 1926 to commemorate those who served in World War One.
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The Baths are where our children had their swimming lessons many years ago, and more recently their school swimming carnivals - the above photo of my 3 (who are now teenagers!) was taken when the Baths were reopened after renovations in September 2005.
I think my sister-in-law will get a lot of use from this bag, either at the pool, the beach or when they go camping.
And I even found a pretty card to match:)
When I sent the bag to her a few weeks ago it was perfect timing as they were about to head off on a family holiday to the Whitsunday Islands in QLD so I asked if they could please send a photo of the bag in use - so here it is on beautiful Whitehaven Beach with my photobombing brother in the background:)
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That turned out beautiful. Very fun.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful fabric choices for your (gifted) Poolside Tote! I had swimming lessons at those memorial baths over 40 years ago......
ReplyDeleteLucky sister. :) She's going to love that!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great looking bag!! Thanks for linking up! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat sisterly gift!
ReplyDeleteLove this! I made a Poolside Tote last summer and I have been using it ever since. I think I will make one for my sister (plus another one for myself).
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