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Floral Oxford Fabric Basket Bag

 

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If you've seen some of the other posts about the Basket Bags pattern, I list some of the many, many things I stash in these bags. It's hard to keep count of how many I have now because many are stashed away in closets and cupboards, but it is probably at least 20 these days.  

This blue one is my most recent make and this colorful packed floral print is a nice Oxford fabric from Cosmo.  I've had my eye on it for a while and finally ordered the blue and the black colorways from silkfabric on etsy. 

The fabric also comes in white, a pastel version on white, and teal. They are all lovely! I think, but I'm not certain, this print comes in a quilting cotton version. So if you are looking for it and want the Oxford fabric, read the details carefully or you might end up with the wrong one!

Of course, I used the Basket Bag handle templates while making this bag. 

 

Spooky & Sweeter Remnant

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This won't be news to some of you, but the smallest size in the Grocery Bag pattern is perfect for making Trick or Treat bags. Last year I made the pink one pictured above from a ghost print from Art Gallery's 2021 Spooky & Sweeter collection.  

Usually I'm not super on top of promoting holiday sewing so I'll make today a first and remind you it's time to order Halloween fabric if you need some!

If you specifically would like this print, I have one remnant piece available that is a little bit larger than a FQ. It's not enough to make the small Grocery Bag, but still plenty big enough to make something cute for Halloween.  

If you are looking for yardage of this print, this pink colorway is going to be hard to find. I think it's mostly gone and OOP/HTF.

But this print is still pretty widely available in a magenta colorway from the more recent collection called Spooky & Witchy. Check it out in my etsy Halloween fabric collection here.

Kitten Bouquets Zipper Pouch

This fabric really is so very cute.  This is the second zipper pouch I've made using this Japanese cotton/linen blend fabric and both turned out adorable.  The first one is sold but the one pictured here is available.    

Templates for the Basket Bags Handles

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Look what's new!  These plastic handle templates for the Basket Bags will speed things up and make your life easier if you are making a number of these bags.

These are made by Adam and Carolyn Creations and you can check them out right here. They also offer templates for patterns from other designers so do take a peek at their shop. There just might be pieces for one of your other favorite patterns!

 

 

Gracie Mini Fabric Basket

Here is the first thing I've made with the fabric from the Tilda fabric in the previous post.

This is the Mini Fabric Basket and it's like the Basket Bags but much smaller and it has a flat bottom made from an additional piece of fabric.  

It turned out very cute. This tiny floral print is perfect for this mini storage bag.  It's shown with thread and a seam ripper to show the scale but I'm actually using this in the kitchen to hold some clothes pins.

I use clothes pins to close bread bags and just about anything else in a plastic bag. They are so much easier than dealing with twist ties or trying to reclose ziploc bags.  

Tilda Gracie from Creating Memories Collection

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Some of Tilda's Gracie print fabric arrived in my mailbox the other day and it is BEAUTIFUL!  So, so pretty...I'm in love.

The Gracie print is my favorite but there are others in the Creating Memories collection I also wouldn't mind having in my fabric stash. Check them out here.

If you also adore the dainty florals, you might need this one too.

The images here are good representations. If you aren't already aware of this, a lot of the images for fabric are provided from the proofs for printing so the fabric is going to look slightly different.

Online fabric shops use these because: a. they are available from the manufacturer, b. it's challenging to get good photos, and c. if you do put in the effort to get a good photo, some other seller will steal it and use it in their store. So just like the color might be slightly different than what you see, the print may not be exactly as shown. To not find this frustrating, learn to accept that this is the reality of shopping online.  

I ordered the blue (of course) and the green.  It's so pretty that I think I'm also going to get the ginger and yellow versions.  

You might notice there are a few shops represented in the collection that have this fabric on sale today. I'm probably going to get some of the ginger and maybe more of the blue while I can find it on sale. This fabric (and really most of it these days) begins at $14+ per yard and I don't really see the Tilda quilting cottons on sale all that often.   

New Fabric Scrap Collections

 

Tiny Quilting Cotton Fabric Scraps

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Check out the new scrap bags available in my etsy shop.  

Tiny Blue Fabric Scraps

I've also rounded up a few scrap bags from other etsy shops that look great. There are bags of linen scraps, vintage sheet fabric, and bundles of color themed collections. Check them out here.