by toogie ( edited 16 Mar 2017 ) 15 Mar 2017

Hello Cuties! Gus' first birthday will be a fishing theme. I thought my daughter could use this for something.

This pattern was for a drawstring laundry bag. However, my daughter wanted it made into a backpack for his things.

The eyes were suppose to be of felt, but I embroidered a white 2 inch filled circle, with a black 1 inch circle.

I also added tabs, so I could attach the drawstring, for a back pack, instead of the draw only at the top. Of course I had to lengthen my strings.

I hope you like Gus' first fish!-Toogie

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Comments (17)

by babolucia 18 Mar 2017

So clever!

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by toogie 18 Mar 2017

Thank you

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by hoschel 17 Mar 2017

really geat idea, so nice, well done

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by toogie 17 Mar 2017

Thank you, you can find it below in my comment to serendipity79 below.

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by rsloan 16 Mar 2017

Soooo cute - he will love it. In fact we all love it.

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by toogie 16 Mar 2017

Thank you, I'm having fun!

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by sjbrower 16 Mar 2017

This is too too cute! You are so creative! It makes a perfect backpack.

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by toogie 16 Mar 2017

Mom wanted something just to put a change of clothes and a few things but this is really pretty big. I'm having fun with this.-lol-thanks

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by lilylady 16 Mar 2017

Sew Cute!

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by toogie 16 Mar 2017

Thanks!

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by spendlove Moderator 16 Mar 2017

That is soooo effective! Well done.

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by toogie 16 Mar 2017

Thanks Sue!

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by lidiad 16 Mar 2017

Ashley and Gus will love it, well done!
Hugs, Lidia

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by toogie 16 Mar 2017

Thank you, Ashley sure did.

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by sdrise 16 Mar 2017

Gus is going to be thrilled!! Wonderful job as always!!

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by toogie 16 Mar 2017

Ah, thank you!

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by bemara 16 Mar 2017

wow, so cute, hugs Maria

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by toogie 16 Mar 2017

Thank you Maria

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by sonjapotgieter 16 Mar 2017

Soooo cute..Great work.....Beautiful!!!!

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by toogie 16 Mar 2017

Thank you Sonja!

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by crazypatchmama 16 Mar 2017

This is sooo cute. am sure he will love this.

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by toogie 16 Mar 2017

Thank you, his mom loved it.

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by pennifold 16 Mar 2017

This is just adorable! Ashley will love it and so will Gus, love Chris

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by toogie 16 Mar 2017

I shot her a text when I finished to which she replied, 'Cute!! Love it!' Thanks Chris-Toogie

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by marianamin2003 16 Mar 2017

Very, very cute!

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by toogie 16 Mar 2017

Thank you very, very much!

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by serendipity79 16 Mar 2017

this is a such a wonderful and fishy idea :) i love it!!! great choice of fabric too! thanks for sharing... hope to have the time to do something similar in the future.. will you be able to share where you got the pattern for the bag please? thanks maria x x

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by toogie 16 Mar 2017

Maria, the bag pattern is called Fish Laundry Bag from Caroline Fairbanks-Critchfield and can be found at sewcanshe.com

by serendipity79 16 Mar 2017

thanks will go check it out!

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by highlandermom 15 Mar 2017

He is fin tas tic. I love the blue fabric you have from gill area to fins looks like scales.

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by toogie 16 Mar 2017

I thought the same thing about the fabric. I had all this already in my stash....look at you with word play...'Fin tas tic'-lol

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by noah 15 Mar 2017

Gus will be a very happy camper and so will his Mommy lol hugs

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by toogie 16 Mar 2017

So far Gus is a 'happy camper', just gets upset when you can't get his food fast enough....but then that may just be being a male!-lol

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by Sewmum1 15 Mar 2017

That's fantastic. He will love it. I can just see this cute fish as a backpack too.

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by toogie 16 Mar 2017

Thanks for looking

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