Quilted Handbag

This is another Japanese-inspired handbag.  From a book that many of us already know and love, "Machine Made Patchworks".

It is based on this black quilted bag, which has a wonderful shape-

I don't have a lot of black fabrics in my stash (a bit telling- I'm apparently not in a black clothing stage of my life at the moment), and did the old toss 'em up and use 'em the way they land to determine the layout of the fabrics I used.  The only thing I had around the house during construction to use for the straps was suede.  Turns out that suede works really well to help keep a bag from constantly slipping off your shoulder.  This is a problem when I'm constantly bending over to help my kids with something.

Simple, straight line quilting.