My Red Linens quilt is now assembled onto a really soft fleece, but I've run out of red linen so I cant bind it :-(
Fingers crossed I can get something suitable soon.
I seem to have been on a bit of a bag run recently. Lisa has a rucksack for her travels. It's already been to Norway, Amsterdam and Arizona, now New York, and soon Australia. She's been buying patches of the places she visits and has stitched them on
She wanted contact details on the bag, so I stitched a luggage tag that I make quite often, but stitched it on rather than tying it on. For those who know her there is a delicious irony that it's next to the Lost badge! (message on day one in NY regarding how she found her way back to the apartment "I did try three different directions before accidentally stumbling across the right road")
I've used up a lot of donated furnishing fabrics, and made 5 tote bags to be sold at the church stall
And I've made one VW Combi bag for a customer, and another just to use up the rest of the fabric (both reversible, with one small and one large pocket, sub-divided into 3, plus a key/wallet strap )
I started this blog for me - it expanded to show BFF Jackie what I was doing - and a few others have invited themselves too - everybody welcome! Mostly about patchwork, with random comments about embroidery, family and life in general, come on in, put your feet up, and I'll put the [virtual] kettle on.
The quilt looks fabulous. I hope you find the fabric for the binding. Love the label and bags too.
ReplyDeletehope you manage to fid some red to finish your beautiful quilt x
ReplyDeleteFIND .. even x
ReplyDeleteMy new years resolution - to continue to use up the fabric until it's gone.
ReplyDeletefingers crossed you can match your binding. I went to Ikea yesterday for red fabric to bind a quilt but it is cotton not linen, £3 a metre so got 2 metres! Bags look so useful you have made for the Church fair and the VW one I am sure will be treasured by a VW lover. Your girl is certainly seeing the world a trip of a lifetime
ReplyDeleteGreat tote bags. Love those VW vans
ReplyDeleteHope you find the fabric you need for the binding Benta, the quilt looks lovely.
ReplyDeleteI'm exhausted just reading about how productive you are! Lovely, lovely bags - and I like the idea of the patches accumulating on the ruck sack.
ReplyDeleteI love the patches on the rucksack, fab bags
ReplyDeleteI'm very envious of Lisa!
ReplyDeletelooking good, Benta. I love all the bags you put together.
ReplyDeleteGood to see you've been keeping busy :o)
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