I've chosen two blocks and may decide to save one of them for 2016. The patterns are Twinkle and Soul Searching from the book Making Quilts - The Promise of Joy by Kathy Doughty (Material Obsession). My friend Mary from Needled Mom did Soul Searching last year and I loved it. Wanda Hanson from Exuberant Color also made one. My Brown Bagger friends and I made Twinkle in 2012 as a group birthday gift for my friend Marion. I have cut out the blocks in pink and in blue, but haven't had a chance to sew them yet.
I did use some lovely pinks from the scrap drawer to make little zipper bags! I obsessed for a while because all my zippers were not the same shade of pink, but finally I talked myself down from the ledge.
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| I made these all from the same fabric. |
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| This is the perfect size to hold a few credit cards or your ear buds. |
True confessions? I made these using my embroidery machine. The CD is called Boutique Zipper Case and Fanny Pack by Pickle Pie Designs. They were so easy to make that I made four more for the girls in a larger size. You know what takes me the longest? Picking out the fabric and cutting the pieces to size. There is a third, larger size on the CD but it doesn't work on my embroidery machine.
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| Two of these are the same print, but the medium size bag uses more fabric, so I went wild and made the other two different. |
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| Here you can see the small bag next to the medium bag. |
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| The Pug Boys say "Have a great weekend!" |
Pugs and kisses,
Nancy
I love that Soul Searching quilt. So many people have made it. I think the one at Exuberant Color is the best though. Sweet bags, you should have told them it was a super secret girls club for that cubicle row only, and no one could divulge where they came from. The penalty for telling is paying for lunch out and dessert.
ReplyDeleteThose are so cute. My daughter makes them, however has never put an initial on them. She likes the way you've done these too.
ReplyDeleteThey are so cute. Perfect for little gifts. Thank you for the idea!
ReplyDeletetwinkle looks like fun. I likiee. Elvis, I want to gwab those widdle cheeks. Cole says, it's too cold to even go out to pee here so he feels your pain, having shorter legs and so much snow. He'd tell you himself but he's busy licking the ice off his feet. LEeAnna
ReplyDeleteI can see why they showed everyone. Cute, Cute, Cute! I love rainbow quilts! They are my favorite kinds.
ReplyDeleteLove those bags! I'd want one too!
ReplyDeleteSuch cute bags. Practical AND pretty. I can see why they love them.
ReplyDeleteThose are gorgeous and perfect for the February color! Are they an "in the hoop" project? Twinkle is another quilt I would love to make.
ReplyDeleteLucky co-workers!! Such pretty pinks!!
ReplyDeletePretty bags! Looking forward to seeing your scrappy projects this year.
ReplyDeleteThese are so awesome! I need to make a headphones pouch of some kind. I so want to get in on this rainbow quilt along too but although it's percolating on the back burner of my mind, I haven't gotten anywhere with it. I do like her stars quilt though, always had a thing about stars, love her Twinkle star 6" block! I have a few days left to jump on the wagon... May I just add I LOVE the boys' pic! AWW! So does Naala. (who is a pug in her other life I think, but a Rottie-sized pug; she likes being 'queen', lol)
ReplyDeleteWhat fun little bags! Great use of the color of the month. :- )
ReplyDeleteI often find it takes longer to pull out the fabric for a block than to actually make the block. Working from scraps eliminates that challenge at least!
that Twinkle quilt looks like a lot of fun. And so are those pretty pouch purses.
ReplyDeleteSo great! It would probably take me a week to make just one!
ReplyDeleteGreat bags and what a way to jump into the challenge.
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