Sunday 14 April 2013

The early bird ...

... catches an extra few hours sewing and makes a cushion and finishes a Pants Bag! Well, if you wake up at 0615 on your day off, you might as well get up and make the most of it :)

Remember the lovely Katheen over at Crabbit Quilter gifted me her pink scraps:


I had such fun rummaging through them and deciding what to do with them. Then I remembered seeing this scrappy Pillow over at Red Pepper Quilts. Perfect. So, I adapted it a little to fit my 18" cushions and cut 56 x 1 3/4" x 4 3/4" strips. It sewed together really quickly :) Then I decided to give the straight line quilting another go. I used a Hera Marker to 'draw' lines 2" apart:


and quilted it with raspberry cotton:


This is the back. Not too shabby, hey?


And the front ... ta-daaaaaaa:


Love it. And I get to keep it ... it's for meeeeee:) And, although I had to twist her arm, Kathleen agreed to me making her a Pants Bag as a thank you! I blogged about choosing my colours and paper-piecing the 'jewel' in the week here. Paper piecing is quite tricky (well, it is for a novice like me) so I only made a jewel on one side.

Here is the finished Pants Bag: 



and a little bonus pocket on the inside:


I'll pop it in the post tomorrow, Kathleen ... hope you like it :)

9 comments:

  1. That looks AWESOME! How clever are you??! Really looking forward to this :D xxxxxxxxxx

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  2. PS am going to make one of those cushions now - you've inspired me! XX

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  3. Love your pillow in pinks!--as well as almost everything else I've seen. I'm so glad you posted on Amanda and Karen's blogs and I had a chance to check out your blog. I'm following with Bloglovin' now!

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  4. Both projects are so very cute! Lovin' your pinky, girly, cute pillow! I too was up way to early on my day off and got all of my cutting out for my upcoming retreat. That felt good! Have an awesome evening!!

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  5. Wow....... both are great projects! Love the pants bag, especially the jewel, and the pillow is so pretty.

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  6. I don't know which I love more. I see the pillow and start dreaming of making one of my own (why do I not make SMALLER things, ever?), but then that bag gets me! LOVE it! Kathleen is one lucky friend!

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  7. Incredible pants bag. You really thought out of the box on the jewel and the initial. I love it.
    Good for you to finally make something for yourself. I love your pillow with the straight line quilting.
    You pushed yourself with both projects and they are wonderful. Great job!

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