Here is the second Ditty Bag. I love it in this striped cotton/linen.
A Ditty Bag is basically a small travel bag. The name is a old sailing term for the bags sailors used to store their tools and personal items. The ditty bag often contained a sewing kit, so they were also called a "sailor's housewife" or "housewife". Because space was tight on the ship, the bags were hung on the wall--probably right in the sailor's bunk.
I believe Naval recruits are still issued a ditty bag with a sewing kit, paper/pens & toiletries.
I put a squirrel charm on as a zip pull, but I think it has to come off. The zipper pull flops over when the bag is sitting flat, so it needs a zip pull that doesn't have a specific front/back, or maybe it just needs a swivel. I'm still experimenting.
This will be a pattern "soon". I'm making one larger size. This one is about 6" wide x 7" high.
