Step 1: Locate the sewing machine. I went straight to the closet with the shelf height set specifically to accommodate my sewing machine and stared into it, dazed and bewildered, before I remembered that my sewing machine was still in the attic.
Step 2: Set up the sewing machine.
![](http://www.rose-kim.com/blogpics/machine.jpg)
Step 3: Attach straps. So far, so good.
![](http://www.rose-kim.com/blogpics/straps.jpg)
Step 4: Pin in zipper. Zipper was too big. I trimmed it and tacked the end. Still good.
![](http://www.rose-kim.com/blogpics/zip.jpg)
Step 5: Sew in zipper.
What? No mishaps, no dramas, no horrible mistakes. How can this be?
Step 6: Admire bag in amazement.
![](http://www.rose-kim.com/blogpics/ellecomplete.jpg)
Wow.
Thanks so much to Brooks for offering this great pattern!
I've written before that I've been helping a friend out with her first project, a Booga Bag. (Hi Eileen!) Well, we felted together on Friday night, her Booga and my Elle. Today she sent me a picture of her completed Booga. Her first knitting project ever. Ever!
![](http://www.rose-kim.com/blogpics/eileensbooga.jpg)
Isn't it adorable? Don't tell her but it looks better than mine. Shhh...
Wes heard this great story on NPR today about a contest to create trailers for classic movies that change the genre. The winning entry was for The Sound of Music as a horror film. It's brilliant. You can listen to it here.