a bit of hand quilting

I played with the pockets a bit on this set of bags.  Part of it was that I wanted hand stitching to take with me when we had dinner with my Beloved's brother, sister-in-law, and friends.  I also wanted a pocket that blended better.  I decided to make it patchwork and then I hand quilted it.

I was thinking this was a bit of work so I also did some of the quilting on my machine.  The machine quilting is straighter but I think I actually like the hand quilting better.  It just takes much time!

This is the probably the most mellow of the bags I made last week.  It is strange to be back in an office.  I find that I have a hard time sitting that still.  I miss the creating and the playing with textures and fabrics I did all day long while at the campground.  I will just have to figure out how to do more.