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After the last four posts of questing to use every scrap I had left of the same fabrics, I put the last bits into some semblance of order on my chopping board! (In case you’re wondering ’bout t’ title ??!- it’s a bit of Lancashire dialect thrown in 😉 Must be one of those days!)
Anyways….back to the real matter in hand! What could you or even I do with these meagre little scraps?? (I have a little confession before we go any further….BIG SIGH!!) Thinking I was getting towards the end of everything,,,I suddenly found another scrap length of the blue flowery fabric in my stash ;-/ Aaaargh!! Well, I couldn’t just leave it to reappear in many moons to come, it had to be combined in this ‘end of makes’!! So, instead of it leaving me utterly frustrated, I took it as a positive and decided therefore I could go larger, rather than smaller as anticipated with this next make 😉 BUT, what would it be??….
Well…..This!
A super soft and very vibrant reversible design Hand Quilted Shoulder Bag/Tote!! Even the tiniest of scrap leftover crimson has made a little statement on this design
Of course, being reversible, needs another design! By this stage I am seriously running out of sizeable fabric pieces (apart from the blue flowery fabric! OOO Please take note of the duo button detail hear on the fastening flap – as it failed to be noted in the final image properly)….So, this if the result! (I’m rather happy with it though all tiny bits considered) As you can see, it’s all hand quilted too 😉
Measuring out the ‘new discovery’ of MORE blue flowery fabric meant I had just enough to Fully Line, make a Multi-Pocket, trim the outer bag And make a single shoulder strap – surely reason enough to be happy now?! Showing the two open pockets and the full width zipped pocket – using also some of the lovely wooden flower buttons I acquired to strengthen and stabilise the pocket areas.
A Couple of coordinating buttons to go on the front of the magnetic clasp (not photographed very well I’m afraid due to shine) and the little super soft cotton tote is packaged ready for a new life of shopping and adventures!!
Still a few scrap leftovers in the pile, though much smaller now……Amazing how far a kilo or so of fabric can go!
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I knew you would think of something to make Caren. Well done.
🙂 Thank you Sue
I’ve squeezed the absolute ALL out of the scraps today, for one last make – can’t believe I’ve taken a small chunk of fabrics this far!
the button is such an eyecatcher, I love your idea so much… and I wish I had not 2 left hands and 10 thumbs when it comes to things where I have to use the sewing machine LOL
LOL… Sometimes I would give all to have an extra left hand and many more thumb helpers…just not for accidentally stabbing the pins and needles though ;-/
Ey up chuck! (Not sure about the spelling, I’m winging it.) Them’s some smashin’ bobby dazzlers you’ve been knockin’ up thur. Time tu go back tu t’mill for some more supplies, eh?
YAY Thanks so much Sarah 🙂 got mi sparkin’ clogs on and ready t’ go mill bustin’ again very soon lol
Hope you enjoying your time away and appreciate you stopping by!
Learnt tonight my mum-in-law got ashed with her cross and managed to keep it on till the nest day 🙂 Look forward to when you next return!! xx
Your mother-in-law did well. I managed to smudge mine almost straight away. 🙂
I’m not getting much art done but I have been able to get into the garden and start getting ready for the new growing season. I’ve booked myself onto an icon painting course in October so I’m looking forward to that.
Oh No! Next Ash Wednesday, you’ll have to tie your hands behind your back 😉
Getting out into the garden and preparing the ground sounds like you might be having nice weather? And I bet you’ll reap the rewards through the summer too!!
Oh!!! The painting course sounds very exciting Hope you fill us all in after the event 🙂
🙂
The weather is very mixed. The wind is cold but we’ve had a few days with plenty of spring sunshine. It’s raining again now though- just in time for the St Patrick’s Day parades. Seen any sun in your neck of the woods?
I’ll certainly post about my painting course.
Much the same here too Sarah, very mixed and cold weather and not much sun. Did manage to gouge up my little walkway lawn today during a brief interlude of mild windy weather ;-/ trying to give it the first cut of the season !! A sad combination of a broken manual push mower (also with an noise to scare all the wildlife many miles away) with sticking cylinder and overly wet grass… basically it’s been massacred, but, from the distance (in my work space) it looks flat and tidy ! Thnakfully it will grow and recover.
Isn’t it always the case when parades are due that the weather takes a downward change ;-/ when that happens I always feel so sorry for the band and walkers, let’s hope the weather holds off for them on St. Patrick’s Day!
I’m really looking forward to seeing your art post:-)
Oh dear, your poor lawn but you’re right about it recovering. That’s one thing I love about gardening. Plants are very resilient so what one lacks in skill is made up for by enthusiasm. I’m a very enthusiastic gardener. 😉
I hope the rain holds off tomorrow because I promised to take my daughter to a big parade to make up for the fact that we missed a fireworks display this evening.
Happy St Patrick’s Day Sarah! I hope both you and your daughter enjoyed the parade whether rain or shine ??!
I’ve still got the gardening enthusiasm too, just hope we can make a few improvements on last year…Dearest decided almost all the garden plants had to go or be pruned to within an inch of their lives ;-/ I love the sprawling cottage garden look, whereas he prefers bare soil with the odd tree stem here and there…apparently as that’s all we had left this year – shocking!!!
It was a ghastly day yesterday – it rained mightily on our parade – my daughter did not want to budge out of the house, and I was relieved really.
I’m with you on the cottage garden look, and I can’t bear bare soil. I hope everything bushes out this year for you. Sometimes a hard pruning can reinvigorate everything.
Oh no! What a shame and a washout…at least your daughter had the good sense to want to stay indoors 😉
LOL…hard pruning I know is good for many plants…just not sure how it will work on the barren soil Dearest left?? Might just sneak a packet of wild flower seeds in and hope for the best ;D
Good idea! Make sure he doesn’t weed them out though.
That’ll be easier said than done me thinks lol 😉
Is there something you can distract him with? I seem to remember that he’s a whizz in the kitchen. Maybe a new cookbook would keep him too busy to worry about “weeds”… 🙂
My Dearest a whizz in the kitchen…Goodness NO!! the only thing he whizzes in and out of the kitchen for is to visit the biscuit cupboard LOL I might just have to resort to spraying him with the hose pipe if he looks like he’s about to go near any new plants ;-)…and stop buying him biscuits as punishment !!
Sorry, my memory is shocking. Biscuit deprivation might indeed do the trick (the hose pipe might result in swift reprisals). Withdrawing sugar rations definitely has a motivating effect in this household. 🙂 Hubby was delighted when I told him that Sundays in Lent are days off from the deprivations. He’s been buying so many cakes on Saturday that we nearly have to have cake for breakfast, lunch and dinner on Sundays. 🙂
Double LOL 😀 That’s so funny 😀 😀 I can imagine all of you floating high to the ceiling on sugar rushes!!!
😀 It’s actually made the rest of the week much easier, for me anyway. I’m not in the slightest bit tempted by cake now. 🙂
Sounds like a case of cake overdose, glad to hear you’re in recovery! It’s been so many years since I’ve eaten anything with sugar, I think I’d have to be taken straight to A&E 😉 Good luck when you’re all let loose on the Easter Eggs lol
Yes, we’ve definitely overdosed. Even hubby was showing signs of remorse on Sunday evening. 🙂
Easter eggs, groan, ughh. I don’t think I’ll be partaking. That’ll just be for the kids (I’m including hubby in that, of course).
I think I’m becoming less and less keen on sugary things as the years go by. I can definitely see where you’re coming from.
LOL but also Oh Dear! Only another couple of Sunday repeat sessions??!!? Isn’t it funny how our tastes change over time, we think we’re deciding…though really our brain is 😉
I’m hoping he’s learned his lesson. He might be a bit more restrained for the next few Sundays. Then again, a whole six days without cake is a long time in this household. 🙂
LOL I’ll wait to find out 😉
E’ lass thas dun thee sen proud
Ta so much Mrs P!! You’ll never guess??! I’ve squeezed out another make from the absolute dregs today LOL couldn’t even blow a gnat’s nose on what’s left!!
WOW your quest is reaching it’s end …what on earth will you do next 🙂
Oh My, I can’t let myself become idle…so, I cut out fabrics for 8 little peg bags before I’d even finished my last project LOL Now I have a mini mountain of felt festooned across the table as I work on the tiniest little bits for applique…no rest for the wicked 😉
I have images of something akin to a ‘fuzzy felt’ peg bag making compendium hope to took time to remember which piece goes where ~ when you say no rest for the wicked I’m beginning to think I myself must have been a ‘mare in a previous life LOL
Looking forward to viewing your latest creations 🙂
You’re not wrong about the remembering what goes where bit LOL I sooo loved my ‘fuzzy felt’ when I was little (apparently still do – just making my own now 😀 ) We were so cheap to entertain back in our day…I must have spend hundreds of hours playing with the couple of boxes I had for many a year!
I wonder if fuzzy felt was the earliest inspiration on your crafting journey ??
Between getting a Post Office box every Christmas and the Fuzzy Felt I feel sure I was more driven to be a felt crafter than a post office worker for sure!!
I remember getting a little china tea set and a shop …enough said LOL
LOL…how we are shaped from a young age ;-D if you got a meccano set you could be an oil rig worker now instead 😉
Just think of the yarn bombing I could do on a rig LOL
LOL 😀
Wow’ This bag is so lovely! Once again, I love the colors and your creativity!
Thank you so much for your lovely comment Rrita 🙂 I have really enjoyed my little mission to use every last bit of these fabrics and am really pleased with all the out comes..I have just one more post to show for the final little bits I had left over 🙂 I can’t believe how much I got out of the limited fabric pieces all in all – Maybe should make sure I do this with all new fabrics, then I won’t accumulate so many off cut remnants!