Tiffany's Tote

Size 13" wide by 15" long by 4" deep

 

I showed you the nurses fabric collected to make my niece Tiffany a tote bag. I had a half yard of black and two quarter yards of the others.

The tote came out so cute! The picture isn't great but the bag is. If I were a nurse I'd want it!

One side has a quilted pocket with cool sayings on it.

This is the other side.

I used peltex stabilizer for body, including the straps.
I covered a strip of stabilizer with red fabric, sewed lines of quilting to support it.

The band aid fabric is pieced in with a little flange of white, to remind you of old time crisp white nurses hats.

It stands out a bit, can't see it in pics but it does.

I pretty much used up all the fabric.

I had a little bit of the words fabric left so I made up a little zipper bag pattern. Thanks to my friend pugmom for showing me how to do the zipper end covers. tutorial

I lined it with some hearts because I love her.
I taught her to quilt when she was about 8. We were at the fabric store, and when I asked if I was buying the fabric in her hands she asked, " well, who gets the scraps if you buy it? " 

a peek into the insides

  Want to see the fabric my friend (link Maggie Winfield)  sent me from her fabric romp through LA.

It was a double surprise seeing something in the mail from Maggie, and seeing doggie fabric! Love it, love her!! Thank you for making me feel special, Maggie!
Yesterday I got this in the mail

A piece of hand inked, screen printed special fabric from my friend Lisa Filion (upstatelisa.blogspot.com/)
I was visiting her blog, and saw her playing with color and mentioned I sure would love this.

 She sent it to me! Wowie! Lucky me and now I need to make something fun with it. To remind me that it may be raining ice today. I may still be coughing. I may have a studio disaster area, but I also have some great friends.

Have you ever wished you could set up a special little neighborhood with all your special friends living nearby? Ahh, if I were queen....