At long last, I finished the Lindie Bag from the Throwback Thursday before last.  I used this bird fabric from my stash.  It's a decorator weight fabric that Husband picked up at a garage sale in the neighborhood several years ago.  Back then I didn't sew, but he wisely used it to make some nice pictures for the dining room.

I've been holding on to the remaining fabric, and decided the Lindie Bag would be a perfect use for it.  I had to adjust the size of the bag a bit to make my gigantic bird fit.  I made a few other changes along the way.

 
The tutorial calls for using one long piece (10 x 17) of fabric folded in half for the outside of the bag.  Unfortunately, I couldn't do that with my fabric, because one side would have upside birds.  So I made two pieces, roughly 12 x 10 each and sewed them together, making my bag a bit bigger than the original Lindie.

 
The pocket is supposed to match the lining fabric, but my lining is a simple light blue cotton (hard to tell the color here), so I went with a contrasting pocket.  Not a very friendly looking bird, though, is it?

My enthusiastic model does a better job of showing the blue lining.  I thought it would be a nice, simple accent for the bird fabric.  A lot of times I choose a flashy lining and a simple outer fabric, but this just felt better for this particular bag. 

You'll notice a bit of floppiness.  Turns out I didn't have any sort of interfacing or stabilizer on hand.  I really thought I had some heavy stabilizer for the bottom of the bag, but I didn't find any in my well-organized craft room.  Instead, I went with some wool felt.  It was a little heavier than just the fabric alone and does help the bag stand up a bit.

One last difference between my Lindie Bag and the tutorial...I kind of misinterpretted the handles.  I sewed them across the bag instead of along the same side.  So it pops open just a little when you carry it, especially if you carry it like this.  But, it gives the bag character, no?

This tutorial was great, Craft Apple is a genius.  The whole thing went together in about an hour or two this afternoon during naptime.  And, in a few short days, it could be yours.  Stay tuned for your chance to win the Lindie Bag this week on Win-It Wednesday.