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FOLK ART BAGS

Hello, Eleanor here.

Jayne's recent weekend workout using inspiration from Russian dolls reminded me of some fabric I bought ages ago from IKEA. Sure enough, there it was in a box in the attic, untouched. Time to make something with it, so, in nesting Russian doll style, I made a set of three bags, two of which are totes and the third, smallest, is a shoulder bag:

Don't they just shout Matryoska doll apron designs? (Uh oh, I think I need to make a pinny now!)

I used this bag method which I like as it leaves no raw edges inside to fray.

That's all for now.

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Thanks for the link Eleanor, I shall be making some of these:)

Posted by: Lynne V | July 25, 2011 at 07:07 AM

This is nifty and very pretty - thanks for the link. my 'inside' sewing always leaves a lot to be desired, alas!

Posted by: alexa | July 25, 2011 at 11:09 AM

Thanks Eleanor-I bought some teatowels from Wilkinsons recently with this exact task in mind! I am also making shrink plastic buttons to use as decoration-watch thsis space!

Posted by: Catriona | July 25, 2011 at 11:24 AM

Ikea fabrics are so good arent they? I cant do fashion sewing atm due to pregnancy so something non-size related like this would be good to get my teeth stuck into. Will need to recycle something though as my fabric stash is all in storage due to moving house. Ugh, its all against me :p

Posted by: Lianne | July 27, 2011 at 12:42 PM