tote bag from mtmarge7

UPDATE: Congratulations, Wehaf! You’re the winner! Look for an e-mail from Cleveland Handmade so we can send your bag to you. Another great giveaway will go up at 9 a.m. Thursday, March 18.Cleveland Handmade is hosting a giveaway to thank all our supporters and customers, as well as give you the opportunity to check out the high-quality handmade art in our members’ shops. This giveaway comes from mtmarge7, a wizard with the sewing machine. This pretty floral tote bag is fully lined and features an interior pocket and would be great to take to the farmer’s market, or the beach, or on a picnic… so useful! Marge says, “With such a long cold winter it just cheered me to make this bright generous sized spring colored mega tote which features two extra pockets. First there is a small cell phone size pocket inside close to the top of bag, and a deep front pocket that closes with Velcro. I recently acquired some end of the bolt top quality decorator fabrics that I used to make this wonderful bag. The outside is a heavy duty flowered fabric and the lining is another sturdy coordinating green drapery fabric. I used a double layer of both fabrics to make the 3½ inch wide and 24” long strap. The green lining shows up decoratively on the outside of the bag. The main part of the bag closes with a magnetic purse closure. There is room for much stuff, even your laptop in the 15 ½ “ X 19” bag. Keep your small personal items in the 8” X 13” front pocket. This bag is built to hold up for a long time, the straps are anchored to the reinforced bottom, double stitched up the length of the bag. All seams are double-stitched to add strength — so fear not if you have to tote something heavy, and you will look stylish while doing it!”

There are just three simple things you need to do to enter:

1. Visit mtmarge7′s shop and take a look around. Make a note of your favorite item in her shop.

2. Then either visit our artists page or search Etsy for the “clevelandteam” tag and check out some items from other Cleveland Handmade member artists. Make a note of your favorite and which shop you found it in.

3. Come back and leave one comment on this post telling us your favorite item from mtmarge7′s shop AND your favorite item from another Cleveland Handmade shop, and you’ll be entered to win. It’s that simple!

You have until Wednesday, March 10 at noon EST to get your entry in, so commence browsing. There’s lots to discover!

We’ll randomly draw one winner from the comments posted.

Read the giveaway rules here.