Haithabu Bag Body and Embroidery

So, since Egils happened, and my wrist injury, my bag handles went on the back burner for a few weeks. That doesn't mean my whole bag did, though! Using the same green wool ( I had a lot of it lol), from my husbands hood, I cut out the shell of my bag. It'll be lined with a purple canvas.


I used a herringbone stitch to tack on a strip on maroon linen. I was planning on doing a double herring bone, but since this was my first time doing this stitch, I made them too small. lesson learned!

For the main focal point, I was going to embroider a charmander on a piece of maroon linen.. but then! I found a piece of gold silk that I had bought for another project a few years ago and never got around to using. so... I drew my design on to my linen, cut it out, and used iron inter facing to adhere the silk. I also used a herringbone stitch to attack then applique to my bag panel. I used a chain stitch to out/seal the edges of the linen.

I wasn't fond of how the single herringbone stitch looked on the outline of the charmander panel, so I'll be doing another layer in grey. I decided that I needed to add grey elsewhere to the bag, to keep it a little cohesive. I saw this on pinterest ( add me!!! www.pinterest.com/manderschan/ ), and thought it'd be a great way to add color. 

And here is what the charmander panel looks like so far.