I am sad to say that this last week was the last
Project Quilting for the season. It was "Hooray for Spring" and I decided to really push myself for this one and "think outside the square". For this challenge all I kept thinking was bright colors and the warm sun leading into summer traveling. So that lead me to thinking I need a new overnight bag. I had seen a
Retro Travel Bag on the Riley Blake website and loved the shape, but wanted it a little bigger and had to make it really mine.
The sides were pieced with strips, sewn onto fuse-able interfacing then fused to the fabrics Then, I layered that on top of batting then the Peltex and quilted a quarter inch from each seam. The bottom is fuse to interfacing then quilted to the batting and Peltex the same way. The top has an exposed pink zipper. It is fully lined with a fun green polka dot print and a green lime slice looking print that I hand-stitched in.
I added rectangle rings to guide the strap which is a long loop that wraps underneath the bag, through fabric tubes, and has an adjustable tab to shorten or lengthen the straps. The bag measures at its widest 20 inches by 13 inches tall by 5.75" deep.
I won't lie, this bag was a pain to make. I haven't had much structured bag making experience and learned a lot in this process. This was an 8 needle bag. Next time I think I can make it using less (at least I hope so!).
I am loving this bag and can't wait until I take my first trip to use it. Thanks Kim for the great season of Project Quilting, looking forward to working on my
bonus challenge.
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It turned out great!!
ReplyDeleteit's really gorgeous, I just broke 3 needles on the bag that I finished, but it was smaller than yours :) I like that you decided to make really long handles, and that you skipped laminated fabrics - they look good only in beach totes IMHO ;) Oh and I love the pink zipper + lime fabric, gorgeous! I definitely need to make a bag of this size for my travels :)
ReplyDeleteI have already told you this but I'll say it again, I love this bag! I can't wait for you to come visit with your new bag?
ReplyDeleteI really like that bag. So pretty!
ReplyDeleteOh I so admire people who can adapt bag patterns! It takes such bravery and good math! Which I don't have! It's lovely and I hope you get to use it soon!
ReplyDeletePs thanks for the pillow form tip! Def remember that!
ReplyDeleteoh wow, it's so cool! i'm impressed, even if it took 8 needles, ha! i used to love making bags before i started quilting, but now they seem like so much work. i'd love to make one though, yours is lovely and i hope you have lots of fun traveling with it!
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