Creative crafts

P1120121Elizabeth Hartman is a very talented designer. She has a whole line of pieced animals, she has even put most of them into one quilt pattern.  She is meticulous and in her patterns she has you cut out squares and rectangles and as you sew the pieces together, an animal emerges – accurate every time.P1120123I made two rabbits to use in another very talented designers project. Sarah Lawson and her pattern Creative Maker Supply case.  She writes the best patterns for bags, backlogs, purses, you name it, she has designed it. Her patterns are very well written as well.P1120186My two rabbits were larger than her dimensions, but I had no problem resizing on my own. I love using By Annies Soft and stable, it adds body without weight.  I machine quilted around the bunnies.P1120189Have to look at the back to see. P1120194I also changed the interior somewhat,  I put in a vinyl pocket as well as a mesh one. I learned how to insert a zipper with a binding, so the case opens flat as well as being roomier.  Other great advice, use a handbag zipper. It’s not just longer, the tape is wider, so it’s easier to sew in as well as affording more space.P1120195Using up my foxes and other animal prints left over from Shira’s quilt.P1120190Still Rabbit with hibiscus. Another nice thing about certain handbag zippers is the two pulls.P1120191I haven’t found these zippers at JoAnns, but there are many sources through Amazon, I made a point of buying a few zippers.P1120268Another project I just made as a last minute gift for a friend – a little zippered bag. Reverse appliqués the heart.P1120269Matched the zipper to the flower on the handle.P1120273Made sure the lining also picked up some of the red.P1120271There are so many tutorials online for little zippered bags and they are wonderful gifts.

Leah

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