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Vintage German Floral Fabric

Vintage German Floral Fabric available at chickadee's supplies.

Made - Medium Grocery Bag

Medium Grocery Bag

I don't know what this fabric is called, but it's from QH Textiles. It's very pretty and after making this bag I'm down to a few scraps.  They'll probably turn up later in some patchwork. 

This is the medium size from the Grocery Bag pattern.  The finished bag is available here. 

I'm already on to making a few more of these bags.  At some point, I plan to look through my photos and count how many of these bags I've made. 

Someone on IG mentioned she'd make 20 of them and other people have told me they've also made many, many of these bags.  If you know how many you've made, leave a comment and let us know!

The final bit of Grocery Bag news for the day is there is one spot left in the class next weekend.

Lots of Patchwork

As usual, my scrap bin overfloweth!  So I've been making lots of patchwork the last few days:

Journal Case

This was made using the pouch size pieces from the Card Wallets pattern.  Because the flap is longer on this pouch than most of my other patterns, it's a good one for patchwork. There's more room to work with the pieces and you can see more of them on the finished pouch. 

FYI: When I make patchwork for smaller pouches I foundation piece the fabric to flannel.  Batting can be too thick and puffy for smaller things.  I think many of us have been to the thick and puffy point of ruin where the project no longer works because there is just too much stuff inside. 

Someone also asked me about interfacing patchwork, and I don't use interfacing on patchwork.  I thought I'd mention it because she was under the impression interfacing was being applied to the fabric scraps. 

Patchwork Zip Pouch

This was made using my beloved zipper pouch template #5.  Just looking at it makes me want to sew another right now. 

I think I like #5 so much because it's square, which makes it easier to make log cabin style patchwork.  It also doesn't look square (at least to me), so I find it sort of visually interesting.  Maybe the zipper at the top draws the up eye upward and that's why it seems taller than it is wide, even though it's actually not. 

Big Patchwork Coaster 2015-2

I also made some coasters.  These three were all made using the largest circle template in the Patchwork Coasters pattern.  

Big Patchwork Coaster 2015-3

Big Patchwork Coaster 2015-4

 

Made - Turquoise Silk Flower

This is the flower from this pattern, but 10% larger.  It hangs on a piece of hemp twine. 

Jab Stoffe Vintage Floral Fabric

Jab Stoffe Vintage Floral Fabric available at MusesVintage on Etsy