It has been several weeks since my last post. Several reasons for my absence. Tomorrow I will post about a project I have been working on for two solid weekends involving my son's 4th grade class.
Add to that, I have been working at school (2 days) or volunteering at school (2 days) 4 of the 5 days this past week. All of this has been done while having a cold with a hacking cough. I am still coughing as I write this post, I can't tell you how tired I am of this cough!
Anyway, I want to share my two completed projects for
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2. Make any item (s) of your choice using one (total) or more yards of the “She Who Sews” fabrics (collection from
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3. Use two “She Who Sews” fat quarters –
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May 26, 2014
I created two styles of bags with the two fat quarters I received along with the She Who Sews fabric I had previously purchased.
The first one is a clutch bag, fully lined and with a layer of fusible
fleece for added support. I love to use the free-motion sewing
attachment on my sewing machine. I stitched the outline of the the
girl, her hair and added some free-style stitching doodling throughout
the bag. On the back I free style stitched "Create with Love." I just added a bit of
vintage red rick rack trim to the top.
Free-style stitching on hair:
The second bag is a lined
zippered bag. The bag itself is square but the quilting itself is not.
The paint palette inspired me to have the square a bit off centered. I
believe in art it's okay to color outside the lines and think outside
the box. The yellow and red rick rack trim are not in a straight
line. All the rick rack trim is vintage. I added some fun charms to
the zipper pull for fun. For the lining in this bag I used both fat
quarters sent to me.
Working with the Handmaids fabric line, She Who Sews has been fun. I have more lined zippered bags just waiting to be sewed. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks I will get those done.
J. Wecker Frisch is coming out with new fabric lines, (Angelband and DrawNear) I look forward to purchasing both fabric lines as soon as they become available.
