I've made a couple more

 

I made a Japanese style rice bag the other day, and thought I'd have a go at another.  This one's larger, a good size for storage or it could even have a long strap attached and get used as a beach bag or similar.  Initially I used a ribbon for the closure, but swapped it for a length of cord, as you'll see from later photos.  The fancy ribbon came from a stack of four posh soaps I'd been given as a present.  I'd tucked the ribbon away, knowing it'd come in handy sooner or later.

The fabrics chosen were mainly pink on the outside, and more varied on the inside. 

After finishing that bag, I impulsively decided to make another!  I'd some pieced-together stripey fabrics lying around, made a few weeks ago without any real idea of how I'd use them, so I incorporated them into the third bag.  I backed the stripes with interfacing, then trimmed them to the size I wanted.  7 inches square, if I remember rightly.  More fabric was chosen for the bags lining, and I got to work.  

This is the bag with the grey cord and red beads (taken from a charity shop bracelet) which I latterly decided wasn't right and swapped it.  

I love that apple fabric.  I'm not the biggest fan of novelty prints, but that's cute.  

If I was making this type of bag again, with stripes, I'd quilt them.  Hand-quilting might take time, but it'd look good.  

Finally, here are pictures of the bags once I swapped the ribbon and grey cord over.

Here's the smaller of the pair.  

And the larger one.  

That's all for now.  Hope you like 'em.