Showing posts with label new bag. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new bag. Show all posts

Monday, March 25, 2013

Another Finish & Goodbye

Yes, another finish

on Saturday I made Heather Bailey's 

Book Bag



made in 2 hours, it does have a couple of adjustments
the pattern used ruffles and I didn't want ruffles, so I
left them off, but the ruffles give the bag flap
length so my flap was to short.

Minor addition and the flap is long enough

the handle also wasn't long enough for me, so I added
a bit onto the length, then it was too long so I 'took' it
up to the right length.

Fabric came from Japan, its been in my stash since we lived in
Western Australia




and look at my hexagon progress, I need to stitch the top
point section together and the centre diamond will be made

I put it on my bed yesterday and the diamond is huge, so my 
original plan to add 2 rows around once its finished has been
cancelled, I will make 2 half diamonds, sew it to the 
background, sandwich it, do a crosshatch pattern,
bind it and it shall be done.

I have lots of hexies ready to do while we travel and
are away





Which is where the goodbye comes into it

I won't get a chance to get online again so its goodbye,
see ya later for nearly 2 weeks



Thursday, March 7, 2013

Another Finish

Yesterday I had coffee with a very dear friend and she 
showed me a bag she had made, to say I was in love with 
her bag was an understatement

so she lent me her pattern, and in between
golf lessons, homework, cooking dinner
cleaning up after dinner, organising the girlies
for today, showers and MKR

I too have my own bag

Ta Da


Cheryl's Diamond Bag

fabric was Neptune jelly roll
it only uses 13 strips from the jelly roll
so today after I finish sewing the blocks for
month 2 of the Civil War Journals quilt
I am going to use the remaining strips to 
make a Chevron runner for my shelves.

I am also going to make another bag from
a Shangri-La  jelly roll but with much
shorter handles.

I LOVE my bag.