Let's Make A Quick Basket!

The One Hour Basket

Are you in the mood for sewing, but don't have half  of a day to sit down and sew... sew ... sew?
Then we have a fast and practical project for you!

See what we have made in our Sew Along { Here}

The project:   One Hour Basket  Tutorial        by Kelby Sews  {here}

Photo courtesy of KelbySews

This is the One Hour Basket that I made:

Fabrics:    Denim bottomweight fabric
                Le Cerise Blueberries fabric by Susan Winget 
                Pellon Fusible Fleece  PFF987

Basket size:   7 inches tall x 11 inches x 6 inches deep

Quilting:  3/4" wide lines on the diagonal (one direction).  I wanted to add a little texture to the outside of the basket, and a little stiffness.

I love using denim for baskets

A perfect home for my finished 6 1/2 inch Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt blocks

This truly is a fast, and FUNctional, basket to make.  I think when I make another basket, it will go even faster, because I will have had my material chosen already!!

Amanda, The Patchsmith, will be making her own One Hour Basket next week ... in her beautiful Patchsmith style, I am sure!!   You'll want to hop on over to her blog to see what she has whipped up when it is completed!

If you are making your own One Hour Basket, or any other Across The Pond Sew Along project, share it with us in our Flickr group!!  {here}

Well, I ended up making a second One Hour Fabric Basket already...
I am giving my Blueberry basket as a giveaway at our family reunion this weekend.

I decided to make the replacement basket for myself with orange fabrics and black denim.  I had some DS Quilts fabrics, from my Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt blocks fabric stash.

Orange DS Quilts fabrics and black denim make up a bright basket .... for me!

I better not leave this on the windowsill...    it's just big enough to fit
 a little black kitty cat!

Linking up at:     

I'm off to my sewing room!

Denim and Batik Tote Bags

Denim and Batik Anita Vacation Tote Bags

What you get when you combine denim fabric, brightly colored Batik fabrics, and a wonderfully versatile tote  bag pattern?    

Why,   you get a couple of brightly colored , yet practical, Anita Vacation Tote bags!!

                                                   

Anita Vacation Tote bags , using Batik fabric                   Susie's Sunroom

Here are the details:

Pattern:   Anita Vacation Tote bag -     pdf pattern    by Eamylove @ Amy Made That! 

Amy's pattern is written clearly, in tutorial style, with lots of pictures.

              ( This pattern is available at the sale price of $5 now on Craftsy !)

Fabrics used:  Dark blue bottom weight Denim

                     A Batik  , with a rainbow of colors , from my stash  

Bag Dimensions:   10" wide x 13" tall x 6" deep

Tote Bag Features:  Straps with 2 fabrics,  Zippered pocket in the lining, and  magnetic snap top closure

Before I began to sew, I made sure to pre-wash the denim and batik, to minimize  any dark colors running  and any possible shrinkage.

I chose to feature the blues and greens in this bag

I featured the yellows and oranges in this tote

See the bright linings

Wow,  these Anita Vacation Totes can hold a lot!!

I made these bags for Nancy, who is using one bag for carrying things to work ( a small purse , her lunch, and book ),  and the other bag  for her gym/workout clothes.

I am going to post my Anita Vacation Totes in Amy's flickr group "  Amy Made That! and So Did I " ,  where you can see some other  beautiful totes !  Come on and make one for yourself this summer.... you know you've been wanting to make something for yourself!

I'm off to my sewing room!

July' s New Across The Pond Sew Along Project

July's New Across The Pond Sew Along Project

It's never too late to start in... make a project with us!!
See here what we have made so far in our Sew Along....{ there's no pressure}

July is here already!  This month's Across The Pond Sew Along project is....

                    Theme:   Red  White    &  Blue

You can make anything with some red, white & blue....  let your creativity flow!  

Would you like to see some project  ideas? 
That's easy!  Check out  The Patchsmith (Amanda's blog),  Amy Made That! (Amy's blog) , and right here, for some great red, white and blue  projects!

 Make a pouch!   

Pattern:   Twice As Nice Double Zippered Pouch   by  Geta Grama  
                                       at   Geta's Quilting Studio 

This is such a cool pattern.... inside is a zippered pouch as the divider!    I used lots of RW and B in this Twice As Nice Pouch

  Did you see the red and the blue zippers?  Got them at Zip It  etsy shop.  


Make a quilt  ( or take a block and make it into a pillow like I did!!)

Pattern:   Independence Quilt       by  June82000 Marcia Hohn  at Quilter's Cache

Independence Quilt   I want to make this some day!   

A Dandy block

Log Cabin block

Starflower block

Flag block

And....


Block  I used:  Pieced Star    

Pieced Star   by  Marcia Hohn

I was happy to have some red , white and blue star fabric in my stash!!

Pieced Star  pillow                        by Susie's Sunroom

Next, I  added some red piping around the edges of this  12 inch  block, to make the inside pinwheel "pop."     I made my own piping... using this tutorial  and some Stitch Witchery , by Dritz  (5/8 in  width) ,  to press the bias tape around the 1/4 in cording .

(Don't look too closely at the piping... I need to practice   a little a lot going around the corners!!)  

The back......  denim material and the Covered Zipper Pillow Back.  
It's easy to make  using Amy's free tutorial  at   Amy Made That!

My Patriotic pillow      I love this block!                        Susie's Sunroom

Want to see another pillow idea? 
*Disclaimer*  It is hard to stop at making 'just one pillow'....

Pattern:    Ruffle Flag Pillow   (reverse applique detail)  by  Heather at The Sewing Loft

Heather's blog has a great tutorial showing how to make this cute ruffle flag pillow.  There is  even a video, that taught me how to do the stars in the reverse applique.   It was really a fun technique to learn!!  And easy.   I made this pillow in less than 2 hours.  Thanks, Heather !

Ruffle Flag Pillow    ( 12 in x 16 in )    made by Susie's Sunroom

I used denim fabric on the front, and some Patriotic fabric for the back.   

Of course I made the  Covered Zipper for the back !  A bit of denim scrap made the perfect cover for the zipper.

I'll just have to keep my kitty cat away from the little pieces of thread!!

When you make something Red  White and Blue,   you can link it up into our 
                           Across The Pond Sew Along Flickr group !   
(Just join the group,   add your photos next, to your own Flickr page, and then add it into our group !)   

Oh,  and you can always add something that the Across The Pond Sew Along has made... at any time!   {No deadlines to fuss about! }

I'm off to my sewing room!