New Pattern

I would like to find a bag pattern that just works.  One that could be used over and over again to produce quality bags to sell or make as gifts.  Using old fabric from our stash, I created this bag from McCalls 5822.  I had high hopes for it, and it turned out very nice.  But in using it on a day-to-day basis, I really don't like it.  I just can't seem to find anything in it!  It doesn't open wide enough to look inside very well, and I made the mistake of using black fabric for the lining.  So the interior of my bag is dark and unfriendly. 

I do love the pansies though.  They remind me of my grandmother.  In the spring she would pick them from her yard and float them in a blue glass bowl on her dining room table.  Pansies always make me smile.