Last year I bought this kit from Coast and Country Crafts and Quilts - the pattern is the Tully Tote by the Australian designer Natalie Bird, of The Birdhouse Patchwork Designs. The kit included the pattern, fabrics for both the bag outer and the lining, embroidery threads, ribbon for the drawstring, and pre-cut paper hexagons. All I've had to add is the bag wadding. The cutting instructions are really clear, and once all the pieces had been cut, the front panel was simpke to piece together. The front and one of the side panels is embellished with hand embroidery and applique...
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...the back panel is made with EPP hexagons. As I'd mentioned, the pre-cut paper hexagons were included in the kit. The hexagons were made using the thread basting method, and were then stitched together to make the panel. This was trimmed to size, layered with wadding, and quilted using a grey DMC perle thread...
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...the bag is constructed very simply, with all four sides being joined together and then the base is added. I decided to add a small patchwork pocket on one of the sides of the bag, as a useful place to put my scissors. I simply lined both the pocket front and lining with interfacing and added a little frill along the top edge of the pocket...
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...one of my pre-printed labels has been stitched between the fabric top and the lining. A ribbon is threaded through a casing, and is gathered up and tied in a neat bow to close the bag...
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...here are a couple of pictures showing firstly the front of the bag, with the hand embroidery and hand appliqued hexie flower, and then the side panel, with the appliqued 3-D flower...
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...and here are a couple of pictures showing the side panel with the patchwork pocket, and then the quilted hexagons which form the back of the bag...
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...now my version of the Tully Tote is completed, it is ready to be filled with some sewing bits and bobs. This is so pretty, and practical - I'm really going to enjoy using it. Another project completed, so I can tick this one off that very list that I shared in January!
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