This week in the sewing room

This week I made another version of the crossbody bag I made for myself.

Grandson David needed a treasure bag for his collection.

He asked for gray and royal blue. I told him about this constellation fabric.

His 3rd grade class is studying Outer Space, so he liked the constellation idea.

The lining fabric has a pirate theme. 

I hope this reminds him of the pirate movies we enjoyed watching together.

Below are the front, back, and flap showing the lining.

The left piece has a long pocket with a place for pencils and a small notebook.

I used magnets instead of hook and loop tape.

I made the strap out of fabric enclosing a stiff fusible interfacing.

I put the suggested front zip pocket and back slip pocket.

Instead of a zipper for the main body, I made a bound opening with an elastic loop and button.

I made the vinyl ID pocket as the original pattern used. 

I think my Made in TN label makes it look smart.

Inside view.

The elastic loop is really a ponytail elastic.

Some old coins from France, Canada, and Mexico 

plus some polished stones were included.

The bag was mailed Thursday with a copy of the Tales of Beadle the Bard.

I am working through The Quilter's Field Guide to Color with some members of Uncommon Threads.

Experiment #1 was to make a 'warm' purple block and a 'cool' purple block.

The blocks could be purple or green. I chose purple.

The warm block is on the left, cool block on the right.

Experiment #2 was to sort color swatches into seasons. 

The colors each of us chose were completely up to us.

Then we were to take one season and use 3-5 of our colors to make a block.

I chose my winter colors and made the block above.

White, royal blue, pineapple, and raspberry.

Experiment #3 was to think of three emotions and find 4 colors for each.

Make a block for one emotion with the colors.

I made 'jubilant' with chartreuse, goldfish, turquoise, and magenta.

I changed the flamingo for magenta and like it better.

Some of the colors do not show correctly in the photos.

Now I'm ready for the first round of the SAHRR tomorrow.

Happy Sewing!