I finally finished the
Amy Butler Downtown Purse this weekend, just in time for
Joanne's birthday celebration...
Lavender birthday bagI am mostly pleased with the finished bag, it is just slightly lopsided and a bit floppy.
Britex does not carry Timtex, so I used regular heavyweight sew-in interfacing...next time I will have to order Timtex or use a double thickness of interfacing. Also, it is a very wide bag! I thought the
Nappy Bag was big, but then I figured a baby diaper bag is meant to carry lots of stuff...now I wonder if all of her designs are big...perhaps the bags are for very tall people?
The liningAnd every birthday celebration needs cupcakes! I made
lychee coconut cupcakes with ginger cream cheese frosting...
Topped with candied gingerSomehow I foolishly left out the coconut cream and realized the omission near the end of baking...so I decided to make
chocolate cupcakes too, just in case...
Topped with marscapone cream and cacao nibsThe lychee coconut cupcakes were not
too bad, once frosted...and the chocolate cupcakes always seem to turn out moist and chocolatey, thankfully...though I had some trouble piping the
marscapone cream...next time I will use my
mechanical pastry bag, which is still in its box. It is time for me to learn how to use it!