Finally Found a Good Use for All Those Dye Painted fabrics I Did Many Many Years Ago on Heavier Fabric!!

 

I have shown my methods for making bags before but this is a different version which basically requires very little sewing and cutting and can be made any size.  My younget daughter indicated she would like some so that has occupied me for a few days!  This is dye painted fabric on the outside on a heavier cotton fabric.  I delved into my extensive stash of Kaffe Fassett fabiics and picked out some that I was not crrazy about for the linings.  the bags are essentially reversible so if one side gets really dirty, just turn it to the other!.  Each of these three bags are about 18 x 20 x 6 finished.  I didn't put in amy pockets but they are easy to add also.

I made this one extra large and am keeping it for toting baby quilts to quilt club each month!  I have seven quilts folded in this one!

This is the fabric for one of the next ones.  Today I concentrated on cutting out the fabrics and linings and  handles for 4 more bags.  I will take them to one of our Open Sew events and finish them there.

My next post will contain the step-by-step directions on making each one!  It is really easy.

My next challenge is that I have some smaller pieces that I did in a class back in the 90s with .Elizabeth Busch.  The panels are each about 24 in x 24 inches so I am going to add some pseudo suede to each piece to make the bags.  I think I will do them using a combination of this technique and one i have shown before which uses more pieces but results in a similar bag.