Yoga Mat Bag

For reaching my first goal, I rewarded myself with some work-out themed items including a yoga mat. If you read that post, then you may recall my so-called "work-out buddies." One of them looked a bit like this...



Working on his yoga poses. Angelic, is he not?

NOT! He managed to break the little rubber band thing that held my yoga mat together just a few hours after I purchased it! Not cool little buddy, not COOL.

Anyway, I decided to make a replacement bag. I have seen some really cute yoga mat bags around and they really aren't too expensive, but I had some fabric...



I do know how to sew a straight line, which is all my method would have required, but my machine is buried in a cabinet somewhere. I opted for hot glue and some iron-on adhesive instead.

I simply joined the two long ends of a rectangle together to make a tube--slightly larger than the diameter of the mat. I gathered several strands of heavy-duty yarn together for the strap. (In hindsight, not the best choice but it works.) Then I created a drawstring closure at the top and bottom with some coordinating ribbon.



I think it's pretty darn cute. And I like the bag, too.