A couple of weeks ago I watched Tula Pink's video launching her new black and white fabric line - Linework (It won't be available for months yet, so don't panic). Towards the end of the video Tula showed two Zip It Up! bags she had made. I thought they looked amazing so I dashed off and ordered the pattern from the Ribbon Rose in Auckland.
Here's a link to Tula's video. The bags appear at about 22 minutes in.
Of course we can't get Linework yet, so I ordered some half yards of Tula's Homemade range for my bag.
I hadn't seen Homemade in real life, but I was very happy with it when it arrived. I love how green the "Cut Once" fabric is, and I was very impressed that the squares really are 1", just like on my ruler.
I machine quilted the exterior with a pretty pink Aurifil, using a design from Jacqui Gering's Walk book.
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| A secret pocket on the back |
The pattern has a pocket on the front of the outside, and then two pockets on the inside - one mesh and one vinyl. I didn't like the idea of sewing vinyl on my sewing machine, so I made two mesh pockets, and I changed the exterior pocket from the front to the back.
And then I decided to make a smaller second Zip It Up! bag while I was at it.
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| The secret pocket on the back |
I used a different design from Jacqui Gering's Walk book to quilt the Pokemon fabric. I enjoyed experimenting with different quilting designs.
The selvages on this Pokemon fabric are great, so I decided to incorporate them too. (The fabric was purchased in Japan some years ago.)
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| Yes, it's a Gameboy Advance! A Zelda special edition. |
So that's my latest experimentation with a Pattern by Annie. Annie has so many great patterns. Maybe I'll do a wrap up of all the bags I've made from her patterns in my next post.
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