I loved this project. I downloaded the PDF and pattern from this website:
http://showyourworkings.wordpress.com/tutorials/japanese-knot-bag-instructions/

It was so much fun and easy!
I did mess up and started to accidentally start sew the exterior inside out but I was able to fix it quickly. Overall it turned out good for a first time. I plan to make a bunch of these as gifts with complementary fabric flower brooches! All my new obsessions converging...