A Short Break from Bags!

Last week was my daughter's wedding.  I had started to simultaneously cut and piece three bags until the wedding was too close to continue and I had to take a break.  (It was a wonderful wedding.)  Now that I have returned I've extended that break a little to try out some fringe embroidery designs I purchased on www.emblibrary.com.  I read an article about fringe embroidery in an older issue of Designs in Machine Embroidery magazine and was anxious to give it a try.  I had picked up a couple of plain white microfiber kitchen towels at Wal-Mart some time ago and hadn't decided what exactly to do with them.  So I put them to use in this first try of fringe embroidery.  Added a little fabric embellishments and ta-da!  I think they turned out pretty cute.

"Spring Tote" from Quilter's World

Another of the "Spring Tote" from the April 2010 magazine Quilter's World (page 25-27).  This time I included the tab and button - but I did shorten the tab a little.  This is another one made from a bundle of Fat Quarters - I had only one bundle of fat quarters this time and the body uses enough of the quarters that I didn't have anything for the lining, so I did purchase a half yard of another fabric to complete the project.

What can you do with Fat Quarters?

I've been meaning to post this one for quite a while, but the quality of my pictures was so poor I was trying to get better ones first.  Failing to do so, I did enhance the pictures a little bit. 

I made this with a couple of fat quarter bundles I picked up.  I was intrigued by the use of the Prairie Points and when I found how simple they were to add and how great they looked, I just loved them.  I plan to try a bigger version of this one soon.