No Power? No Problem

Why the power would go out on a perfectly sunny, gorgeous day I will never know.  It did yesterday.  JUST as I was preparing to review my lesson plan for our Wednesday class.  I am teaching.   I wanted to go through it, step by step and write it all down.

I was pretty ticked off.  So I came in the house and set to work on  the Red Head upstairs.  But the light was bad.  So I used the 31-15. 

How much better can life get?  A wonderful treadle sewing machine and a faithful companion at my side.  Of course a tidier desk would help....

The 31-15 is a treasure. It is very smooth and easy to treadle.  I do love it.  And I was able to complete the project.  But I hate the outcome.

The bag is too deep and it doesn't seem functional to me.  It is constructed from two fat quarters.  I  simply sewed them together, folded it in half. Maybe if I had folded it the OTHER way it would have worked better.  I made it into a little shoulder bag...for a small person....

Too Bad   I like the fabric.

Back to the drawing board.

Update;
See the revision at
http://sewingmachinemagic.blogspot.com/2012/07/lesson-plan.html