Another Sew Together Bag

I'm here to show you another sew together bag I made :)

This is the my fifth one, and I don't have to look a the photo tutorial that I found online anymore, yay!

There are so many creative possibilities for this bag.

I used Lori Holt's "modern minis" fabric line for the outside of the bag.

The red check binding is from her first fabric line, "sew cherry".

Isn't this side so happy?

The sew together bag isn't complete without a cute charm on the end of the zipper!

I bought these Salt Lake temple charms from doodle bead, on etsy.

The pockets are so big inside, there are four of them.

I put washi tape in one, and various other paper products in the others.

I used Lori Holt fabric on the inside too, but not modern minis.

I chose fabric that had reds and aquas.

Here's a look at the bag with empty pockets :)

There are so many things you can use this bag for....paper stuff, post its, stickers, gel pens, sewing notions, embroidery supplies, coupons, and even makeup.

I'd be a little hesitant to use it for makeup though, because it would discolor the fabric over time.

I love these labels, I bought them from tag-it-ons, you can google them, or call 949-552-3299.

I used lots of bright colored zippers.

I really love the "purses" fabric pocket :)

This is what the insides of the zipper pockets look like.

Thanks for showing interest in my sew together bags!

Sew Together Bag

I love sew together bags, they are a little complicated to make at first, but once you've made one, the rest are straightforward.
I have a love for Matryoshka dolls, so I found I use for a couple of my fat quarters.
I think the black and white fabric that I used for the binding makes the outer fabric pop :)

I love this matryoshka doll fabric so much, I used blue on one side and pink on the other.

I used low volume Cotton and Steel fabrics for the inside panels, each one is different.

I used a "you make me happy" label on the inside.

The linings of the zip pouches are all the same print, but different colors and they coordinate with the zippers.

It's always fun to include some little extras in my sew together bag with some of my favorite things!

I hope you've enjoyed seeing my creation as much as I enjoyed making it!

Sunshine and Surf, Love Patchwork & Quilting

I really love this magazine, have you ever read it?

There is always a free gift that comes with it, and the quilts are modern with a traditional twist.

I know that my daughter Lindsay likes modern, so I searched my Love Quilting and Patchwork magazines to find a quilt that she would like.

Sunshine and Surf was the one I was looking for!

Lot of rectangles with low volume fabrics.

I cut strip after strip of black, aqua and red, and countless low volume ones, and sewed them together.

I sewed and cut for days!

I love the variety of low volume fabrics, I've been collecting them!

Look at this, a sea of rectangles.

I thought that this looked like a simple quilt to make, but it was pretty time consuming!

A modern quilt needs modern quilting, so I quilted the whole thing in a circle, 1" apart, using my walking foot.

I think it's called spiral quilting :)

It's a large lap quilt!

I decided to bind it in green, to throw off the color scheme.

Lindsay has four young children, and Bridger and Kennedy, are in 5th and 3rd grade, are in chinese immersion at school.

I didn't know if this fabric was Japanese or Chinese, they told me it was Chinese.

There is mathematical fabric for Jeremy, who is an engineer.

Snap fabric and Maker fabric for Lindsay who creates.

I spotted this fabric at the quilt shop and had to get it!!!

It had the cutest selvage along the bottom, so I just cut it off and sewed it towards the bottom of the quilt.

I love Cotton and Steel!

The selvage even has 2 little Panda bears on it, which my granddaughter Charlotte loves :)

Jeremy and Lindsay on Christmas morning, they love their quilt!

Mission accomplished :)

Schnibbles pattern, Harvey

I made this quilt back in October, 2004.

I joined "A Year of Schnibbles and a little bit more", and this was one of the patterns that we were given.

You can read what I wrote about it here, I'll wait for you....

You're back, it's much prettier quilted, isn't it?

I didn't end up putting it on the bed, I gifted it to my son and his family.

My friend Cindy Paulson did a magnificent job on the quilting, as she usually does!

I think the quilt is very feminine with its different shades of pink,  and beautiful floral quilting.

I used a lot of text fabric for the background.

I really love the backing, it's pink with bright colored leaves on the trees and little strawberries.

I gave the quilt to my son Addison and his beautiful wife Mabulane (mah-boo-lah-nee), who is from Lesotho, Africa.

She is Addison's eternal souvernir from his two year LDS mission to Johannesburg, South Africa.

They have 3 sweet little girls, Neo (nay-o), Kylie and Isabel.

I love giving quilts to my family, but making six for Christmas is too much work!!! LOL

Farm Girl Vintage, Mama Hen Quilt!

I'm going to tell you the story of how my "Mama Hen" quilt was born....

I made the quilt for my son Jordan's family.

Jordan built a really nice chicken coup in their backyard, which houses their chickens.
This is one of my little grandsons in their coup, he was a little nervous of the chickens, lol!

I thought Jordan's family would appreciate this quilt.

I'm a member of the Bees Knees, a Quilting Bee, and my month was September.

I cut out the fabric (all of it is Lori Holt fabric) for each Mama Hen block with some details, and mailed them all out.

This is the block that I made, red is my favorite color and I love the Mason jars!

Eventually, the blocks began to arrive, very exciting!

I was making a Country Fair quilt for my daughter Rebecca at the same time.

The block that my friend Nedra (her blog is Cactus Needle) sent matched Rebecca's quilt so well, that I used it in her quilt, instead of the hen with the star that I had planned to use.

So exciting, Lori Holt (her blog is Bee in my Bonnet) was in the quilting bee and this is the block that she sent me, along with one of her fabulous Seams Sew Easy!  for sewing flying geese.

Here are all 12 hens, notice the hen with the star that I made?

I think she's a great focal point.

Sinta from the blog Pink Pincushion, very graciously made me an extra hen, because she knew I was missing one.

It's the cute hen under the star one, with the wing upside down.

I just love that little hen, I wouldn't change a thing about her!
The little hen represents kindness and thoughtfulness :)

I used the trick of taking a black and white photo to make sure that the color saturation was even.

All the posts are a different print, and I used chicken wire fabric for the sashing.

I have a long, wide tiled hallway where I lay my sandwiched quilts to pin them before I machine quilt.

The border fabric looks like newsprint, which is often used to line the chicken coop with.

I don't really know why, I've just heard that!  LOL

I bought a class on Craftsy and loved it!

Jacquie Gehring was the instructor, she taught how to machine quilt with your walking foot.

I learned a lot!

I taped painter's tape from one corner to the other, to keep a straight line.

It's so much easier to keep straight lines on a mini quilt though :)

I used the little arm to measure my lines 1" apart.

It took 3 days to finish the quilting, and I really like all the little 1" squares.

Ta da!!!

I used yellow fabric for the binding.

Here's the sweet family who I made the quilt for.

My son Jordan, my daughter in law Kimalee, and their precious little girls.

 Reagan is 5 years old, and Paisley is 20 months old.

Paisley is named after me, we both have the same middle name, Louise :)

Jordan and Kim are expecting their third baby girl on February 26.

I wonder if she'll look just like her sisters, I can hardly wait!!!