Here is what I made with the 3D pinwheels. It's the basket for the swap. I hope my partner (her niece, actually) will like it! There are not two baskets, just two different sides. I made a nice boxed bottom just with the help of the iron. In this way I iron all the bags with boxed bottom. If you bought my bag patterns, maybe you will want to try this on your bags. At … [Read more...]
Sweet Little Purses
Here they are ! My collection of 20 little purses made with my Amelie and Belle patterns.All made in the fabulous "Quite Contrary" fabrics from Riley Blake Designs. I bought a fat quarter bundle and I had to use it all ! I did not make all of these alone, my sister Nina helped me a lot. Could anyone resist working on these beauties? I spent the most enjoyable time mixing different … [Read more...]
Pretty Little Purses
Here is my latest project - a few mini-Amelie purses for the little girls of my friends. I thought it will take me much more time to finish them because all are quilted but I managed to sew four in a day. The small size (about 7''x9'') helped me a lot! Which one I love most ? I love, love these fabrics... but this one below is my favorite! I had just a small piece of pink fabric … [Read more...]
“Nicole” bag
I am glad to show you my latest bags! I modified my bag patterns and I made two extra large totes. These are my gifts for the new moms in our family. This is the "Nicole" tote bag. I named it after the name of my youngest sister. My nephew will come into the world tomorrow so she needs this bag. You can see its size, it's really big. 17.5-22'' (top and bottom) wide x 14.5" tall x 5" … [Read more...]
New bag
A few months ago we left without electricity almost 24 hours. What to do without computer and sewing machine ?As I don't have enough patience for stitching by hand, I cut the pieces for a few new bags.Unfortunately I don't have time to stitch them.This is the only one I finished, my sister Oana asked me to make it for one of her friends. This heavy cotton canvas from Ikea is fabulous for bags. … [Read more...]
Swatches…
Could anyone resist to these colors? I have a small piece of every color ! The owner of a shop (in my town) that sells fabrics for interior decorating gave me (for free) a few boxes filled with swatches like these, after I explained her what is patchwork. Most of them are polyester fabrics and I can’t use them for quilts. But they are wonderful for bags. Most of the pieces measure about 8”-10” … [Read more...]
The last miniature bag
I was so glad to see you like my miniature bags ! Thank you all for the nice messages! I had no intention to make another one ! But looking at my collection I noticed that only Amelie has tiny sisters and Belle doesn't have any. So that I had to make a mini-Belle bag. I used ric-rac for outlining the pockets and for straps... I stitched the ric-rac by hand and of course, it is not … [Read more...]
Miniature bags (or…I lost my mind !)
I was serious when I said I would like a collection of miniature bags. Last evening at 8 PM, after a full day of quilting, I started to make other two miniatures. The smallest is 25% from my original Amelie bag. I love them but it wasn't piece of cake to make them....If I would have had a miniature sewing machine, a miniature iron, even miniature hands... I used ribbon for … [Read more...]
New portfolios
I followed my own tutorial (how glad I am that I wrote it!) and I made two new portfolios. These are improved versions ! They are stiffer...much more stiffer than the original version. Instead of quilting weight fabric I used heavyweight cotton. And instead of batting, between the two layers of fabric I used for one of the portfolios Timtex interfacing, and for the other I used … [Read more...]
A bag, but a special one…
I couldn't help myself and I made another Amelie bag.Could you tell seeing this picture that there is something strange with this bag ?If you would say it is a miniature, you would be right. I love to make miniatures so I just had to try and make a miniature bag.The small bag is 35% from the original size and measures 4"x5" (10x 12.5 cm).Here are the fabric pieces and the paper templates. When I … [Read more...]
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