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Friday 12 February 2016

Craft sewing tote bag

I needed a large craft bag to carry my box that I use to hold all my paper piecing hexies in, the plastic box was fine for the hexies but as I was making up my topper it no longer fitted in the box, so a large bag was need to store every .
I couldn't find anything on the web that was suitable , a few good idea but sizing not right for my needs. 
So I started drawing a little design of what I wanted. 
This is my finished bag. 
My daughter loves it so much she is going to make one herself for a friend as a new baby gift.
She has never sewn before so I will be helping her giving advice etc.

I have free motion quilting all of the pieces except the lining to give the bag more body,  and it looks so pretty quilted


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On the front as you can see in the above photo,  I wanted really deep pockets for  threads etc


Above photo is the side view a nice large flat pocket on both sides to slip patterns etc into


This is the back view below, again I added two pockets but not as deep as on the front


A nice bright pink ditsy flower lining and you can see how large it is inside


My box that holds all my paper piecing hexies fits in a treat and my quilt topper can fit underneath as it grows larger


And below my crazy draw and measurements that I tweaked as I went along and adjusted my pattern pieces. 
I will be drawing these up into proper pattern pieces so that I can print them off for future bags. 
As I said above my daughter is planning on making one for a baby bag as a gift for her friend. 
Filling it with nappies,  baby wipes,  creams and lotions etc.
I think we will add deeper pockets to the back on hers also.
If I do draft a printable pattern I will post on my blog



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Wednesday 10 February 2016

Applique Wall Hanging


My daughter had painted her bedroom, she has a large wall and asked me to make something to hang on it. 
This is what I came up with


I downloaded a few templates off the web, then cut out the shapes and had fun arranging on the fabric into the above  design

After ironing into place i then did some free motion machine stitching over the flowers and leaves so they had a sketchy look,  I used some bright rayon thread that has a lovely sheen on it


For the background quilting I did some free motion meandering adding hearts as I went along




To the back I added a sleeve,  a decorative ended pole can be slipped in here to hang the quilt on the wall


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