Nearing the end of the project

It is hard to believe that I have only three months to go of this Bag of the Month project. I have so many ideas and materials still waiting to be made into bags to give away! I finally tried out a pattern for a bag made from two quilted place mats. I had bought the place mats online: 4 pairs, each pair a different color, and very tightly quilted. They are made in Morocco and promised to make lovely bags. I made the first one with the dark blue place mats, using my own blue and black floral print for two outer pockets and lining, and using black cotton webbing for the handles. It came out very nice (Photo to come in my next post). I have plans to make three more bags with the remaining 3 pairs of different colored place mats. I am thinking of giving them to Rebecca to sell at her bookstore (In Other Words) to raise money since they are always in the red. I wonder if anyone would buy these quilted totes. I'll see what Rebecca says when she comes to visit next month. Then there is November and December and I don't have any ideas for projects to give away. Plus, I have the two farmers' market bags from September still sitting here after I rescued them from the flooded silent auction.