I have been working on these patchwork bags for awhile and finally got them into a finished state to put them in the shop.
It’s too easy to waste heaps of time pulling out pieces of fabric and putting them into pleasing combinations. Eventually I had to just get on with it. The squares one is obviously inspired by this image from a Japanese craft book that has been floating around blogland for awhile. I found a great vintage pillowcase with the retro blue flowers that started it all off. The other two are just fun stripes, using some beautiful asian floral prints that I have been hoarding for awhile because I couldn’t bear to cut them up!
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Wonderful work.
2/13/2006 @ 4:57 pm
Those are very nice! I really like them.
2/13/2006 @ 5:05 pm
great job! like the green and blue combo especially!
2/13/2006 @ 6:17 pm
Love them! Did it take you long to sew the strips all together?
2/13/2006 @ 8:00 pm
Fabulous! (as usual)
2/13/2006 @ 9:27 pm
The squares one is so pretty and funky at the same time! Very nice.
2/14/2006 @ 12:43 am
love those striped ones
2/14/2006 @ 7:40 am
Wow, those are so cute and funky….and what a great way to use up smaller pieces of fabric. I love coming here and seeing what clever thing you’ve come up with.
2/14/2006 @ 11:00 am
Lovely!
2/14/2006 @ 1:02 pm
these are lovely. isn’t that book an amazing inspiration?
2/15/2006 @ 1:08 am
i love these bags – the colours are great. What a wonderful idea!
2/15/2006 @ 8:41 am
just thought i would drop you blog a beat, been following for a while, love your blog.
cheerio
r
2/15/2006 @ 9:36 am
hey those retro blue flowers look familiar, oh yeah those same pillow cases are
in my stash too. You’ve done a beautiful job on the patchwork bags.
2/16/2006 @ 8:56 am
so cute ,I wish I can have one like these .
6/18/2006 @ 10:07 pm
so cute ,I wish I can have one like these.
6/18/2006 @ 10:08 pm