I have to say that all these Christmas surprises kind of cramp one’s blogging style. However, I think it is safe to say that my grandmother doesn’t read my blog, so here’s a progress shot of the tote bag that I am making her: My sister Delia gave me the fruit theme fabric a couple […]
Other Projects
Paua Bag Finished
For those of you who admired my paua-inspired foundation piecing, here it it is made up into a tote bag. Side one: And the other side: Adhering to my resolution NOT to buy more fabric for these bags, I used some synthetic lilac fabric that was lurking in my stash (from my experimentation with fabric […]
The Bag Lady
I am slowly making my way through the spectrum of my batik scraps. Today’s combination draws its inspiration from the paua (abalone) shell from New Zealand: Paua is also the inspiration for a fabric range put out by New Zealand textile house Nutex. As I mentioned to Helen foundation piecing in this way is NOT […]
One down…
One Christmas present is completed. I’m very happy with how this bag turned out: The finished (flat bottomed) bag is approximately 15 inches wide and 12 inches high. I want one for me now! This bag will double as a teaching sample for my forthcoming Sweet Bagatelle half day workshops in Canberra on Saturday, 4 […]
It’s in the Bag!
New Zealanders of a certain age will recall the radio and TV game show “It’s in the Bag!” featuring the avuncular Selwyn Toogood as the host as he toured school halls around the country. However, the title of this post refers to the proposed use of this foundation piecing: I’m planning to make many of […]
Sweet Bagatelle
“Sweet Bagatelle” is one of the classes that I offer and this afternoon I worked on some new teaching samples. Here are two views of one bag: I also finished the four units of a quilt top from my Nancy Crow course and experimented with some different layouts. Each quadrant below shows a different set […]