Bossy Fabric - Bags and Scarves

I find that fabric is very bossy. It only fits some objects, and I have to figure out what that is with very little help from the fabric. I want to make a bag, but the fabric insists on becoming a scarf or some other thing that I have to invent or find. Well. Here are a few that bossed me into making them, and THEN demanded more. So I embellished them further.

Here are some of the projects that resulted from the bossier fabrics--
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            Bags that Needed a Bit More Attention
The fabric dictates the design, but it isn't very forthcoming. In fact, I have very opinionated fabric, that is further on the incommunicative side of things. I have to guess what it wants to become, waiting until I figure it out to make the fabric into the something.

Even though I guessed correctly in this series of bags (according to the fabric, that is), these bags are made of fabrics who needed a little more attention than some others. The first bag, brown background with leaves and birds, insisted on some color. So I added it using embroidery. The bird on the top flap is bright, but the rest were fine with being a little more subtle. With birds on the front and back, the lining complained, so I even embroidered one of the birds that is in the interior of the purse. The turquoise lining includes an inset zippered pocket.

The self-closing tote, made of beautiful Amy Butler fabric, also wanted some extras. It's rotund self ended up with a flower bit embroidered on the front and on the back. The lining is the same pattern in a yello color way, complete with an inset zippered pocket and a second deep pocket. .

And the last bag in this group is of recycled denim, with a hand-carved block print on the front. It's a little rough, that bag (I like to think of it as deconstructed) and casual.

            Scarves--Drapey or Warm or Both
Scarves are less demanding than bags, although as you can see here, some also require adornment. The top two scarves, of nice drapey black fabric, have their own block prints. One has a bubble print, the other a primitive sort of leave design. These original hand-carved designs are block printed onto the fabric.

The next two scarves are of recycled, dyed soft white t-shirt fabric. The first has a loose double tier ruffle and closes with a black clasp; the second has exposed seams and a tall seed pod design.

The final two are opposites. The first is made of black and silver fabric, with a small flower attached just because. The second insisted on pairing with a fabric I didn't think would work, but it did. And the scarf itself is more easy-going than its fancy silver and black neighbor--this scarf would work for anyone. Nice to have some options for guys, since finding hand-made for them is always tricky.