A tote for a trip

I just got back from visiting family in Southern California.

It was just myself and my youngest, Opal.

I left my house at a frigid 20 degrees 

and stepped off the airplane in Long Beach to a pleasant, 

almost hot, 80 degrees.

The day before I left, 

because I'm kind of crazy, 

I decided I had to have a new bag for the occasion.

I've had the book,

 Weekend Sewing: More Than 40 Projects and Ideas for Inspired Stitching,

 for quite some time now, and have made several projects from it.
It is really such a great book with simple, yet satisfying, projects.

This was my first attempt at the Everything Tote and I absolutely love it!
The name is so fitting, literally.

It's like Mary Poppins bag.

It holds everything without looking too big.

It has a contrasting lining and inner pockets, very cute.

It was the perfect size for the flight with a little one.

It fit everything I needed, including a bulky knitting project I'm working on, 

but wasn't to big to carry in addition to the baby in my arms.

Oh sunshine, I miss you already!