Adventures in Seaming

I've come to terms with the fact that seaming is not my strong point. However, when I started doing the crochet seams for the tote I thought it was going pretty well. Here I am, happily crocheting away....

However, when I finished one of the sides it looked all wonky, like this.....

Yeah, not pretty. When I did the seam I put the hook through the body of the bag first and then the side of the bag, which left the side of the bag with the bulkier part of the seam. At first I thought I could straighten it out by blocking it, but then I decided to just rip it out and redo the seam, this time putting the hook through the side of the bag first....

Ta-daa!! Much better. It is nice and flat now and is much less wonky :)

I went in search of some white cotton today to use as an interface and ended up in a little fabric shop that I shall leave unnamed :) At first I was really excited, it was very Project Runwayish with the walls of fabric and whatnot (the only fabric store I have really ever been in before is Joann's or Hobby Lobby.....so it was exciting for me hehe) but man, the store person was not so nice. Not really rude, just snobby. I absolutely hate shopping at places like that, but I just wanted to get it taken care of so I decided to just buy the fabric. But anyways, I started lining the bag tonight....it may take me awhile to finish it though since I'll be heading home to Minnesota this week to spend some quality time with my parents and arbusto :)