Applique Bag - More Details
I started this bag quite some time ago, sometime between January and now, but I can't remember, nor can I find the photos from the start of the project. I decided it needed to be finished up, so I've started working on it again. The bag is one that I've made before from a self-drafted pattern. Today I'll get you caught up to where the project is now.
The applique was cut from a great piece of fabric from Vicki Welsh - it is one of her gradients, available in her Etsy shop. To start, I drew the shape I wanted on to freezer paper, then cut it out. I then ironed the freezer paper to the fabric and used the freezer paper as a pattern to cut out the fabric. After that, I fused the shape to the denim using Misty fuse.
Once that was complete, I satin stitched around all the edges, changing the thread a few times to make sure it matched the fabric.
Now I need to find the lining that I made and see if I've cut out the straps/binding yet.
Parting Shot: Morning Glory. My morning glory vine is back - at least I think this is a morning glory, maybe not. It comes back every year, even though I think I've removed a great deal of vine every fall. Even the ants like it.
4 comments:
I can't wait to see how the bag turns out!
Looks like a morning glory to me! They do have a way of surviving brutal weeding sprees. Mine haven't bloomed yet.
This bag is very interesting and I am looking forward to the finished product. Great colors.
Looking forward to see the finished bag. I love morning glories, although they are thought to be weeds here.
I so need to get back to a) sewing and b) gardening...
I think the garden variety of morning glory are an annual. At least they are here in Iowa. If yours has small (about 1" across)pale pink or white, it might be bindweed, which is in the same family.
The new bag is going to be quite interesting to follow. I'm needing a new one, since my current one is not quite large enough to include the ereader.
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