Tuesday 22 May 2012

Bags and another finished quilt

I wasn't going to mention going to the FQ Retreat in London in a couple of weeks because there is family event on at the same time, that I will not be going to. But I'm getting too excited to not blog about it, and I don't think my family even know I have a blog, so I'm hoping there will be no upset caused....

I'm getting really excited about the Retreat and decided to make some pretty bags to take with me. Usually when I go away I concentrate on packing all the kids stuff and then at the last minute I fling all my stuff into plastic supermarket bags and hope that I've not forgotten anything important. This time however I only have to pack for myself, and I'm getting a bit carried away with ideas for making everything pretty.


I made myself this laundry bag out of some gorgeous Heather Ross fabric that was on sale at M is For Make. I think I may struggle to actually put dirty clothes in this bag, but the fabric just begged me to buy it and make a laundry bag. How could I say no? ;)


I also made a tote bag for storing my little cutting mat, rulers, rotary cutter and other supplies. I just love this fabric and had bought it to make some cushions for the living room, but my poor husband has told me that we have too many cushions already and he can't cope with any more. So a bag was made instead :)




I've also managed to finish another quilt for the Siblings Together charity. This quilt was made using a bundle of Kona that Katy (Monkey Do) donated. The backing is a duvet cover that was on sale at Ikea, and there's enough of the duvet fabric to use for backing for the third quilt that I'm making for Siblings Together :)


Here's a little close up of some hand quilting that I added.

There has been a bit of a disaster this week. My sewing machine has broken! It has decided that it only wants to wind bobbins and not do any actual sewing. It's only a year old, but to be fair I have worked it hard over the last year! It maybe deserves a holiday :) I'm waiting in on a courier coming to pick it up, and take it for a trip to the Sewing Machine Spa. Meanwhile I have dragged out my very old and basic machine, because I have Bee blocks to make, and I'm in the middle of making myself a dress, and now I've started on bags, I really need some more bags in my life ;)

Hope you're all having a good week!
Fiona x

13 comments:

  1. soooo jealous - and you're going to be so stylish when you get there - love your makes (and that peacock from the previous post) - have fun!

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  2. How could you not make the laundry bag?! Love your tote and the hand quilting.

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  3. Great bags! Clearly your husband is talking daft with the 'have enough cushions' line ;-)

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  4. LOVING your laundry bag!! I love pretty,useful things like that. I have some of your tote bag fabric, too - it looks awesome whatever you make with it (it WAS cushions in my case. *g*)

    Congrats on another Siblings finish, too! It's perfect for a teen and go you putting some handquilting on it, too!

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  5. Lovely lovely job on that blues quilt, its perfect. Love the pretty bags too. Starting to think I'll end up the only one at the retreat with a bought bag.... lol too much to do!!

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  6. That quilt is stunning, and the bags are lovely. Looking forward to meeting you.

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  7. Love the quilt but horrible sewing machine news! I am nursing mine along right now and hoping it makes it to the retreat. How do others have theirs go for years without ever doing anything to them?! See you soon!

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  8. Oh keep going with the bags, they're lovely! And well done on another ST quilts - looks brill. I'd love to make myself a dress one day - are you using a pattern? Jxo

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  9. That laundry bag is inspired. Horrid news about your sewing machine. I hope it's fixed in double quick time.

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  10. Well you are doing wonderfully despite the machine-scuppering antics!!

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  11. Loving the bags so far, looking forward to seeing the next ones!

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  12. Oh my, Lovely lovely makes all round! It's gonna be Sarah and me with the carrier bags then! lol hope the reserve machine does you proud! :)

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  13. Love the quilt, and love that you used a duvet for the back!

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