Sunday 4 March 2012

rainy days and sundays.....

Well, today has been perfect sewing weather:

.... lots of rain: great excuse!

Next weekend is my cousin, Alison's birthday.  We popped in to see her last Sunday and she was admiring my bucket bag, so I have made a bag for her birthday

I will be sorry to give this away, but glad that it is going to Alison


the pattern came from artsycraftybabe and was very easy to follow.

I have also managed to crack on with some of the stainedqal2012



in no particular order!
 some of the fabrics being used over on the flickr group are lovely - and a couple of people have even finished!! I have had to unpick some of mine as my 1/4" seams were way out and these blocks do not forgive you for that!  I am not the only person who has had problems with their seams thankfully

And..... finally: I have found the perfect border fabric for the my mystery quilt

it looks a bit dark in this pic, but maybe this is better


this really needs to be my next finish!! 
Hope you have all had a nice weekend

7 comments:

  1. Oooh great makes. I think I've made that bag - I've made a few of the artsycraftybabe bags now. They're fun and great instructions.

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  2. The bag is very nice and the border fabric is great!
    suzy

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  3. Rainy days give us the perfect excuse (as if we ever need one) to hole up in our sewing spaces and quilt to our hearts' desire.
    That green fabric is a good match for that quilt.

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  4. that is a much better choice for your border xx love the bag (not my colour ... so your cousin can have it lolx)

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  5. Fab bag. I've used the rain today as an excuse to sew too!

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  6. I'll try to send some of our sunshine your way! But it comes with cooler temps though! Gorgeous bag btw! Jxo

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  7. Great bag...and you are WAY ahead of me on the Stained Quilt along...thanks for the tip re the sashing, will have to keep an eye out for that, when I finally get going x

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