Quilted Bags, Cows, and More.....

This week has been a really busy week.  The week started off with a visit from my brother, followed by a lot of cleaning and working cattle.  But as Friday rolled around, everything was settling back down to normal.  After I said good-bye to my brother on Saturday, I found some time to finish off some of the quilted bags I have been working on.

First I sandwiched batting between the exterior patterned fabric and a contrasting interior fabric.  Then it was time to free-motion quilting the fabric.  I love the texture that you get from quilting, but I really wanted the quilting to relate to the fabric.  For the Asia-inspired bag I followed the curves of the design while on the blue and pink in the batik material I mimicked the spiral design.  To get the bag pattern I followed a pattern for quilted bags, but that was all I really used it for.  I wanted to do the finishing a little different.  I hid the interior seams, added binding to cover the top of the sides, and finally finished it off with handles.  The last bag I worked on I added interior pockets!  More bags are in the future, as I have some that I am doing for friends and I hope to have some more to sell.  Keep a look out on my New Items Page for quilted bags for purchase.