Bag, Bag, Cushion

It is so nice to achieve some finishes, especially when there is a bit of a deadline to meet.  Especially nice too when the projects turn out as you want them to.  The second two are for my birthday love stash even though they wont stay there long - only until next week.

Firstly I finished my little sewing case for the Stitch-a-long.  This was from the Some Kind of Wonderful book by Anni Downs.  It did provide a couple of challenges, but I have worked out more successful ways of making parts of it.  That being said, it is a beautiful little case.

I found a suitable piece of fabric in my stash to use for the lining.  

  

Last Christmas one of my sisters gave me a DownUnder Quilts magazine, and said she would like me to make this bag which was in it, for her birthday.  I have been collecting ribbons, trims etc for it for a while, and finally made up the bag this week.  Her birthday was last week but I will be seeing her in a few days time.

  I am very pleased with how this bag turned out.  I used a different pattern so as to have a little bigger bag - the one in the pattern is quite small.  It has a similar shape but has a gusset.

 I used some black denim, though it is a wonder it isnt white after the amount of dye that came out.  Thank goodness I remembered to prewash it.  I so enjoyed working on this and love the effect so maybe I will make another.  I think I have enough trims to use for another 10 bags, and still there would be some left over.  It was the kind of project that you needed to have plenty to try out to find the best combination.

My third finish is my dresden plate for the 52 week scrap challenge organised by Samelias Mum.  I am a bit behind with it as this was last week's project.  I found some charm squares of Pure,and some fat quarters that toned in well. An invisible zipper in the bac, and some piping around the edge, and it has turned into a beautiful cushion.    This is for my other sister whose birthday is tomorrow.

  

Tomorrow some friends and I are heading off on a short road trip to Nambour (about 1 hour) to visit the Sunshine Linus Quilt Show and Open day.

Dawn at As Sweet As Cinnamon has a beautiful quilt which she is offering the pattern for, 1 section each week.  The first pattern has only a few days to run before it will no longer be available for free.  The second installment is now available as well.  Go and visit her to take a look - it is such a beautiful fresh range of fabrics, and has a lovely story of where her quilt is going to "Go Home" to.