"På Quiltelaup" - Brown Batiks

Over the Easter holidays I've been really busy getting lots of projects completed - and this is my favourite bag so far!! I bought this fat quarter bundle of brown batiks from the Festival of Quilts in 2011 so it was about time I finally used them! My original plan was to use them for a runner, but I decided I really wanted to make another tote bag. I used one of my AnnAKa patterns for this tote bag, called "På Quiltelaup".....

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.....I used a variegated brown King Tut quilting thread, shade 992 for the quilting and I used a plain brown Mettler quilting thread shade 712 for stitching the sides and bottom together. I sewed extra rows of quilting on the handles too, as I think this gives the handles a nice ribbed effect (I also did this on this version of "På Quiltelaup").....

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.....I used the pattern from Elizabeth Hartman for the pockets in the lining, and I really like this method of sewing pockets. Oh and yes, of course I added a key holder too - and one of my "quiltystuff" labels - well, you never know if someone asks where it was bought from hehe!!.....

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.....and here we have the finished bag - again, both the front and the back of the bag look different as they were made with different batiks. Here is the front, with this pretty floral pattern.....

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.....and here is the back, with a geometric pattern. I just need to get some large brown buttons to sew onto the prairie points as I didn't have any quite large enough in my stash!! 

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