The History Quilter: Lined Drawstring Bag Tutorial

Being very busy last week with the crush before Christmas caused me to use #BDSI (Boxing Day Sew In) on Twitter this past Monday, December 26th to finish up the Orange & Black quilt for my nephew for his Christmas present. It was not a late gift as my side of the family did not get together until Monday afternoon to accommodate everybody's holiday schedules.

As I finished the quilting, prepared the binding and then machine sewed the binding on, I tweeted along with my fellow #BDSI companions keeping me company. At one point I became super annoyed at my machine because I was getting the birds nest effect on the back and cried out for help....Jaye from Artquiltmaker came to my rescue by telling me to rewind my bobbin thread very SLOWLY. That did the trick and at approximately 5pm Monday afternoon I took a photo of this:

Orange & Black quilt for N.

Orange & Black

Little Man quilt pattern by Camille Roskelley from Simplify:Quilts for the Modern Home

Fabrics: Various Kona Solids and two baseball patterns from local fabric store.

Started: November 2011

Finished: December 26, 2011

Given to nephew for Christmas 2011

Here's the front:

Orange & Black quilt front - 40"x 50"

And the back:

Orange & Black back

I have four nieces of various ages so I decided this year for Christmas to give them a little handmade item with a favorite gift card of their choice nestled inside. For my teenage nieces I tried a new tutorial for Lined Drawstring Bags from Jeni of InColorOrder. Great tute - go check it out. Both bags came together very easily and were well received by both girls. Success!

Lined Drawstring Bags

For my younger nieces I made zip pouches and they loved them. My SIL told me that the bag I made below for B. looks very similar to the new backpack that my niece had yet to open for Christmas. The pouch would be a perfect accessory to the backpack which made me happy.

Love this girl...such a sweet kid.

So the Christmas rush of handmade is now over and now I can relax and wait for projects to appear. I did receive a text yesterday from a good friend (Sarah) who asked me to make her a Kindle Fire cover and I replied a definitive YES. Looking forward to researching tutorials and fabrics for her.

Hope you are all well,

Susan

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Work-In-Progress Wednesday: Handmade Christmas 2011 Wrap Up