Samoan pouches

I signed up for a craft fair at a local church a bit ago. Unfortunately only 4 crafters signed up so they had to cancel the event. I did make some new items in preparation though.

I made these Samoan zippered pouches from some of the beautiful fabric I purchased from Barb. I have a bunch of scrap strips from my Samoan Stars quilt and there was no way I was going to throw anything away.

This is the front. I decided to use some black in between the Samoan fabrics. The front has batting and is quilted in simple lines.

I used the bold yellow Samoan fabric for the lining (which stills need to be hand sewn shut). The back is another piece of Samoan fabric. This is the first time I cut into this fabric. It just screams to be made into a tote bag. Even the zippers were from Barb. It worked out well that I had a few different colors for the zippers because I think plain white or black zippers would have been boring. These pouches will be going in the shop soon.

Does anyone have a good source for zippers? I like to buy them in bulk because I use alot of zippers.



* I made several projects prior to injuring my shoulder. I will be taking pictures and posting them during my recovery. I am following doctor's orders by slowly increasing the use of my left arm and strictly limiting the use of my right arm*

Strip Bags

I'm slowly, very slowly trying to use up some of my string scraps. I dug into the Barbie scraps and made this little tote bag.

Simple, simple, simple...

This Halloween one is my favorite though. I think I just love the colors and designs. For the handles I used the orange fabric from the bottom of the bag. I added a ribbon on one side of the handle to give them some strength.

I also added a ribbon around the inside rim.

I also have a couple more bags in the finishing stages. For those I used a bunch of selvages. Those are fun to work with. I'm just trying to figure out the handles. I need to get those finished soon and out of my work area.

January's Posse Project

I joined a new group that just started today. The Patchwork Posse. There is a yearly membership fee. I have been going back and forth trying to decide if I wanted to spend the money to join or not. I was lucky and ended up winning a year's membership. WooHoo! That made the decision alot easier lol.

Anyway...today was the first day. This little bag was posted as January's project. I've seen bags like these on different blogs but the directions never looked easy to me. This bag took all of 15 minutes to make. Now that is easy!

My Halloween stash is still at the top of the pile so that is what I used. I had two pieces that were just a bit bigger than the pattern called for. I raided my stash and found a 9" zipper plus a scrap of batting and I was good to go. I always keep my bits of batting that is at least 4" wide/long for little projects. You just never know when you will need a bit here or there. Like for Christmas ornaments.

This is the back. I also had a few rolls of Halloween ribbon that hasn't been put away yet either. Good thing I'm not overly organized huh? I just did some quick semi-straight line quilting since I knew this was just a trial run to see if I could actually make one.

I might try a couple different things on the next one. Expect to see more of these. I was thinking they would make great little tuck-ins for swaps. Then I could add things in the bag as a little surprise.

Witchy treat bag

In my box of Halloween fabric that I recently acquired, I found a panel for this adorable Witchy Trick or Treat bag. Very cute!

(back)

Nice and simple. Just the way I like it sometimes. It's always a good thing when you can whip out a project without much muss or fuss. I love the long term, thought provoking, need to pay attention projects too, but a quickie is good too :)

Check out these feet! The feet have two layers of cotton batting in them.

The bag portion has batting on the front and back also. Gives it nice body.

I just quilted a quick outline to hold it all together.

The panel said to use fusible interfacing for the handles but my fusible is in the bedroom closet and Hubby was napping at the time. Not wanting to wake him, I used some Halloween ribbon instead :)

(lining)

I was going to put it up in the shop but Hubby said to please put it up for our first Granddaughter. OK Hubby, you win this one since I love this bag!!

Friendship bags

There are just so many fun swaps out there right now! I just had to join another :) QuiltingGallery is having a friendship bag swap. I made these 3 using a pattern from p.s. i quilt. I made 4 but messed up the handle placement on one. That one is mine :)

Coupon bag give-a-way !!!

ByFaith has designed a great coupon bag! I love the Amy Butler green one she has listed.

Want one? Dani Saves Money is giving one away!!!