Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Wednesday's Work in Progress

The WIP Tilda charm bag
A while ago, I posted about my heart's desire: to have some fabric from the Tilda range. Available in Europe, but not here, I have admired it from my Tilda library. Wendy, on the other side of pond, longed for clear vinyl. She could not find it anywhere. I had meters and yards of it.
Sandra brokered a trade -- and Wendy and I became bloggy buddies. When the charm pack arrived, I visited it often and put it away safely -- as one would any treasure (or realization of a heart`s desire)
The details...
My Tilda charm pack is precious to me -- and in charm form -- exceptionally cute. But, over the weekend, during some blog surfing, I finally found something worthy of my Tilda charm pack. I decided to get a grip and make something with them.
During the surfing session, I found this great tutorial from My Patchwork. I began it today using it my precious squares. The bottom fabric is a Michael Miller print called Old Script.
Tomorrow, I will do the quilting of the outer bag and make the lining and handles. I will post the results later this week.
Even in pieces, I love this bag. Thank you to all those who made it possible!

3 comments:

  1. Oh those are pretty fabrics. I especially like the pink swirly teardrop one. I looking forward to seeing the finished bag.

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  2. It's even prettier in person :D I love the pattern you picked, Nanc - it's going to be an amazing tote! Thanks for the selvage, lol!

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  3. Glad you are enjoying them Nancy! I'd forgotten how lovely they are!! And thanks for the link to the pattern, it is a lovely bag and a new blog for me! I really need to get working with that vinyl, I have the pattern printed out and sitting on my cutting table waiting for me but I just don't seem to have any time at the minute.

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