My little grandson Rory had requested a washbag to use when he comes to stay for a sleepover, to keep his toothbrush, toothpaste and flannel in, along with any other bathing necessities. Obviously a shop bought one just wouldn't be right, so I let him look through my box of fabric scraps that I was going to donate, and he chose a super animal print - Noah's Ark, by Stacy Iest Hsu for Moda, and he picked some co-ordinating fabrics to go with it. I decided to use a pattern that I had made a few times before, Unisex by Kari Renolen that was in the Norwegian quilting magazine MyQuilt, issue 04/2015...
...I've used a leftover piece of cotton/bamboo wadding, so the bag can be easily washed when necessary. I've used 40wt Aurifil thread for the construction of the bag and the machine quilting, in a selection of colours to match the colours of the fabrics. The quilted washbag has a zippered pocket on the front, which has been made with the Noah's Ark fabric, along with two slip pockets inside the bag...
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...all the seams are neated using fabric binding, and I've added a "made by nanny" label, which was purchased from Little Rosy Cheeks a few months ago. The outer part of the bag has a couple of loops attached at each end of the zipper. These loops can be held to assist with unzipping the bag, and can also be used to hang the bag up if needed...
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...here's the completed bag, ready to be filled with a few bits and bobs for Rory's next sleepover with his nanny and grandad. Rory likes to keep me busy, and he's already picked out a selection of fabrics for a washbag for his brother, as he didn't want to share this one!
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