I must be feeling better because I knocked this out!! No pattern, just winging it! Yes, I had to use my seam ripper a few times...sigh. But it was fun and it's done!!
I only used scraps for this...starting with HSTs to make the heart, then I played with a log cabin block with thin ORANGE!! and thicker greens. Embracing the orange, right? The HSTs were from the
Mystery QAL that Kim of
Persimmon Dreams had right after Christmas. The greens were from the
Bush Fire Tree blocks. The wide orange was from the
tummy time quilts I made this summer.
I even used scraps of batting!
I used fusible fleece, so my only concern was making sure I kept the sides with the glue in the same direction. I would not have been happy to have pressed the fleece to my wool pressing mat!!
When the fleece was pressed to my blocks - the blocks measured 8.5" - I then quilted them together and didn't have to pin anything.
Easy part, finished. Putting on the zipper was a challenge!! Nothing like putting a zipper in the dresses I used to make, that's for sure!!! Does anyone know what a zipper foot looks like for a Janome? None of my feet look anything like the old zipper foot I used on my mom's old Singer!
Had to rip it out, unless I wanted the lining of the bag to be the outside!!
I used the clips to hold the zipper and the front of the bag together, then laid the whole thing on the lining and pinned it together.
Now the fun began...I sewed the outside of the bag together, but didn't have the ends of the zipper in the right place!! I'm not even sure where I should have put them, so I ripped out enough of the side seams to get them in the right place and sewed the seams back up. Then I sewed the lining together...all the way around (dumb) and had to rip out a bit of the bottom so I could turn the darn thing right side out!! I just pressed the seam and stitched the hole closed when I had it turned right side out.
Cute on both sides AND the zipper closes!! I'll take that as a win and now I have a place to store my extra zippers...but I'll have to find a video that talks me through the zipper process in the future!! EDITED: This is the tutorial I'll use next time I make a zippered bag -
Color Girl has a great looking bag!!
I'm linking up with Kim of
Persimmon Dreams for a finish of Project QUILTING Challenge 11.3!!
18 comments:
Love this sweet zipper pouch!
And you are done already?!? Amazing!
😄 Carol
I felt your frustration with the zipper and seam ripper. Great result - well done.
Way to go! That's a great improv block and bag. Yes, those zippers sure can be a challenge.
Wow, fabulous job!! I haven't done a zipper since my daughter's formal dresses while she was in college...a LONG time ago! Your finished project is happy and makes me smile!! :)
Hi Susan! WOWEE! I am so impressed that you got this cute bag finished so quickly. So you had a few missteps - we all do. I can't even count how many I had on a pentagon ball I made, and it's only three inches in diameter. Great job! ~smile~ Roseanne
Great job!! I love this. Zippers can certainly give me a headache! But you persevered and have a lovely pouch!
zippity-doo-dah! Done all ready! Love your little pouch!
I think I rip as much as I sew. Your little pouch is very cute! Congratulations on your finish!
Love your zipper pouch...I have been wanting to do some.
Wow, kudos for sticking with that. I like velcro. LOL Your blocks look good, and the bag does, too. Good luck with the next one, now that you have a tutorial.
Oh Susan! Cute Cute Cute! I just kept reading along thinking how you were creating these blocks with perfection without even realizing it would turn into a bag. Once the zipper came into play I knew we were making something fun.
Its perfect!!!
Wow! I am so impressed. This is beautiful! Back in my 20s I created a few things but sewing never became a love for me. I sure do appreciate seeing beautiful quilt projects though!
Love your pouch!
Love the pouch!
Your pouch turned out great! thanks for sharing your story of your zipper frustrations! lol!
Sometimes our projects like to give us a run for our money!! Sorry to hear that yours was such a challenge. That happens EVERY time I try to make a bag!
I love the orange and the greens really pop with it. You can never have too many bags. I am with you with zippers, I am never very good at them and always end up taking them out a couple of times!!! Hugs, Susie xx
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