Newest Sewing Project

These are pictures of a sewing project from an online class at Craftsy, called Stupendous Sewing.  I had a lot of fun making this from a fat quarter of batik, using stitches on my sewing machine that I have never experimented with before.  The piece has rick-rack, rattail cord, and yarn applied, then embroidery stitches from the sewing machine, then hand embroidery to finish the top.  The top is quilted, and can either be a pillow or a picture.  This piece is far from perfect, but it was lots of fun to make.  Be sure to click on the pictures to enlarge.

It's in the Bag!

 Reverse sides of the bag

 Little purse to go inside the bag

 The frogs are dancing because I finished the bag.

Not in order, for sure - The inside of the little purse to go into the big work of art tote.
The bag is finally done, and I can go on to other things!  Ann used her influence to help me discover the fantastic web site of Crabapple Hill Studios, located in eastern Washington State.  She made a quilt top last winter, called "Over the River and Through the Woods." that had lots of embroidery on it.  We are re-discovering this relaxing art!  Anyway, this tote was pointed out to Judy and me, and I asked Louise to check it out.  She opted out of the project, but Judy and Ann are making their own version of the tote.  I went first, and wish that mine were bigger, but I am finding out that it holds more than I thought it would.  What satisfaction to finish this project successfully and end up with something that you couldn't buy.