Drawstring Bags

All made in one weekend from scrap fabric I had in the quilting cotton donation bags.

Water resistant coated cotton, with cotton poplin lining (used up the 1 metre).

They're the same size, but I started the top of the casing 1 inch down on two of them for a ruffle with visible lining. Corners are boxed. Cotton twill 0.5 inch ribbon from stash. 

Glazed cotton 2nd hand fabric, I think this was a fat quarter, I made 2 sunglasses cases. Self lined so pretty water resistant.

Leftover canvas from making a cowboy shirt, made into a wine bag. Navy stars quilting cotton for lining was 2nd hand.

Drawstring bags made in 1 weekend from scraps, the fir tree was a gift bag I made last year upcycled to use for individual Christmas decorations, which I'd made from (sadly unworn as I'd purchased for sewing photos) UK or EU handmade brooches, pendants, earrings and hemp twine*.

Saltillo Grapes Quilt

Grapes in wood boxes. I chose the print first for this one, then the pattern. I thought it would look like fruit baskets. Instead of using the fruit for the border, I used a lighter woodgrain. It has a lot of 1/2 square triangles.

Pattern: Saltillo from Fabric Cafe added 1 inch to the border. Woodgrain 1: Maywood studio. Woodgrain 2: Makower fabrics. Grapes: kanvas studio. Batting: Hobbs polydown. Quilting: straight-line in beige Gutermann thread. Backing: green Moda fabric.

Christmas Scrap Quilt

This year's Christmas tree skirt! Donated the Jordan Fabrics tree skirt I made for last year (art gallery fabric birds, liberty ditsy print) so someone else can enjoy it. Checkerboard quilt made from scraps and 2nd hand cotton. Pet quilt for sofa. Binding: leftover Moda jellyroll strips and 2nd hand lime green. Green: 2nd hand x 2. gingham: leftover from making a 1940s apron. Stripe: leftover Moda from facing a jacket.  White: leftover white on white prints. Backing: 2nd hand Dashwood Studio. Batting: 2 layers prewashed cotton flannel. Straight-line quilting in white Gutermann thread.