I have a friend for over 25 years. We were classmates for 10 years and her son is my godson.Today is her birthday. She loves green color (just like me !) so I made for her this green tote. I used these fabrics from Ikea. I like stripes ! It was very easy to piece the front of the tote. … [Read more...]

Browsing through my computer, I found pictures of my very first quilted bag.I made it in March 2007. I appliqued fusible bias tape onto a black background. The bias is wide (I think it is 1 inch) and I appliqued it very quickly.At that time it seems that I didn't like it too much, since I made the next bag after two years !I did not use it until now, I think it is stored somewhere !It is funny, … [Read more...]

I think you can say I am obsessed with bags. Soon I will have more pictures of bags on my blog than pictures of quilts ! But I have an excuse, it is still summer !Tomorrow is the birthday of a friend and I made this "Kitty Bag" for her (you guessed right, her name is Kitty !).She loves my bags and I wanted to make her a unique bag so I modified the pattern of my favorite bag.It is not quilted at … [Read more...]

I made the last bags from velvet.I didn't transfer the pattern onto velvet ! :)I printed it on paper, I made the sandwich and laid the paper on it and I stitched through paper . The sandwich was too thick so the thread broke often :(The texture is nice and despite of the problems I think I can do this again ! It took me a lot of time to fill this area with pebbles !I even pieced velvet ! For the … [Read more...]