Shoe Bags

I had seen some awesome tutorials on Shoe bags and had made a mental note of making one for hubby or me when we're travelling... Since we don't know we're travelling until about an hour before, I never made one... But thought it'd be nice to give one to MIL and FIL for their trip to the UK.

There were many projects to choose from:


1. The Shoe Bag
2. Gorgeous Drawstring Bag

I just love how ingenious the second tutorial is in using the lining fabric slightly longer than the exterior fabric!

The only problem with most shoe bags was that the bag would be inevitably soiled by the shoes and knowing how frugal MIL is, I knew she'd never use a cloth bag and preserve the 'pretty' bag for something less messier than soiled shoes and just use a plastic bag instead!

I had the perfect solution, I decided I'd line the fabric bag with a plastic bag like the ones you'd get at Target. I'd originally intended to make it a drawstring bag, but added the zippers because they were something i'd done before and I had NO time to try something new.

The same tutorial as making zipperd make-up bags or coin purses applies here. I used my all-time favorite one:

Zippered Lined bag

Here are the photos, too bad I didn't have the time to open them up and take photos of the plastic lining...

    


The bigger triangle bottom bag is for FIL and the smaller rectangular one is for MIL's bunny slippers. And I know that the fabric is not so masculine to be fit as a gift for FIL, however, I made it with the same fabric I had on hand anyway because its not like he's going to tote his shoes on his shoulders around the town, right? The only place his shoe-bag will see is his luggage bag.