This is my daughter’s ballet bag that I designed for her when she first started ballet.
At the time I didn’t know how long she or the bag would last with ballet. Twelve is a little late to start and the classes only get more intense as you get older.
I’m proud to say that at 15 she’s still dancing, taking classes and performing.
As for the bag it is still in great shape. And the drawings on it of her 12 year old feet in the five positions are a great reminder of where she started.
My ballet dancing daughter, who sometimes acts as my art director needed a new bag to hold her dance gear and she had the great idea for me to make of a pattern with the five positions.
So, once dinner and homework was done I went up in the studio and drew my daughter’s feet.
Since I never took ballet classes, I used the internet to make sure I had the positions correct and in my research I learned the french names for the different positions. So, I added some hand lettered text to the pattern with the french names bellow each foot position. I added a touch of ballet pink and a few transparent butterflies.
As the French say, “Voila”.
I got the pattern done that night and uploaded it to my Society6 shop.
A few days later the package arrived from Society6 and my daughter quickly filled her new bag and headed to dance class.
It’s always a good feeling to have a happy client.
